Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 20:09:43 +0200 From: Joris Verboomen <joris.verboomen@glo.be> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Failing to install FreeBSD 2.2.2 Message-ID: <341590E7.F97B20AE@glo.be> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970905220815.7395T-100000@localhost> <34114782.C764D972@glo.be>
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Re-sending. Joris Verboomen wrote: > Thanks for your help, Doug. > > I have used FIPS to split up my existing DOS Primary Partition. This gives me > a 2 DOS Primary Partitions (2nd one being a clone of the first one). I then > deleted the 2nd DOS Primary Partition (as said in the doc). If you look at > this again with FIPS it says that there is freespace not covered by any > partition. In any case the installation procedure does not allow you to use > this freespace, neither does it allow you to use the 2nd DOS Primary > Partition. > > Basically, my question is the following. When I am in the situation that I > have 2 DOS Primary Partitions as above, what more steps do I have to perform > to use this second partition and install FreeBSD on it ? > > Thanks for all help. > > Joris. > > Doug White wrote: > > > Just questions@freebsd.org is sufficient, thanks. > > > > On Fri, 5 Sep 1997, Joris Verboomen wrote: > > > > > I have a primary DOS partition of 2 GB and an extended one of 4 GB. I > > > re-partitioned my primary one (using defrag and fips) to keep a primary > > > one of 1.5 GB (and deleted the second primary one of 500 MB as told in > > > the FAQ). I then created a new boot floppy but just as before the > > > re-partitioning the unused space the install program finds is not enough > > > to install FreeBSD. It keeps on finding that 196192 out of the 196608 > > > sectors are dedicated to FAT and does not seem to find the unused 500MB. > > > > You need to use FIPS or Partition Magic to split out that unusued FAT > > space into unallocated partition space. > > > > Doug White | University of Oregon > > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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