Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 00:08:41 -0700 From: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> To: DukOnALake@aol.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: My system doesn't work. What's wrong??? Message-ID: <199807280710.AAA19034@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <6e15864e.35bcb697@aol.com>
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At 01:19 PM 7/27/98 -0400, DukOnALake@aol.com wrote: >Hi, > > I have the FreeBSD Walnut Creek CD and have had no luck installing it. >Perhaps it is not possible. Following is a description of my system, could >you tell me if it is possible without major reorganization? > >Intel 166MMX >64MB RAM >HDD0=2.5GB IDE >HDD1=6.5GB IDE >CD-ROMs (2) > > Okay, the first HDD has a primary DOS partition C:=2GB and an extended >DOS partition D:=500MB. The second HDD has three extended DOS partitions E:, >F:, and G: The CD-ROMS are H: and I: and a networked machine's drive is J: >The primary DOS partition has 700MB free space, the total free space is 5GB. >Anyway, I bought the second HDD so I could install FreeBSD, but have had no >luck. I tried putting a primary DOS partition on the second drive but it >rearranged my drive letters, making D: into E: and calling the second primary >D: Well that hosed my day, so I went back to the original plan, only one >primary. > > I RTFMmed on the cd/book/book.txt, pages 34-40 or so and stopped when >it said something like: it must be installed in the first 504 MB, repartition >using... I said, "oops". Should I bag it and get another machine to use for >UNIX? I have spent the better part of this year trying to understand and make >Windoze 95 into something I can stomach, and I hate to screw it all up. I'm not sure the "first 504MB" limitation exists any more, with modern BIOSes. Although a "first 1024 cylinders" limitation may exist (which is at 8.4GB with LBA BIOSes). A good boot manager like OSBS or System Commander could boot FreeBSD from your second hard drive. > I will really appreciate any advice that you can give me. Thank you >for your time. > >Steven Minton Just to make a point clear here: FreeBSD doesn't install to a DOS partition. A FreeBSD partition will not have a driver letter in Windows 95. If you want to install FreeBSD onto your second hard drive, delete some partitions so you wind up with free/unpartitioned space. How exactly are you having "no luck"? Are you getting an error message? --Ludwig Pummer ludwigp@bigfoot.com ludwigp@chipweb.ml.org ICQ UIN: 692441 http://chipweb.home.ml.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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