Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 11:53:08 -0800 (PST) From: Rudy Gireyev <rgireyev@yahoo.com> To: QHunt29936 <QHunt29936@aol.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ? on disk part. edit Message-ID: <19971209195308.14469.rocketmail@send1a.yahoomail.com>
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Did you create a separate partition for FreeBSD? You can do that by using FIPS or PartitionMagic or some other partitioning software. If yes, are you installing FreeBSD into that newly created partition? When both answers turn to yes, you should have a problem free install. Rudy ---QHunt29936 <QHunt29936@aol.com> wrote: > > I try to boot Bsd on my PC with DOS and Windows------------ > on "disk partition editor" I got message : > disk name: wd1 > offset size end name ptype desc. > subtype > 0 1008 1007 - 6 unused > 0 #1 > 1008 1030176 1031183 wd1s1 1 extended 5 > #2 > 1031184 1008 1032192 - 6 unused 0 > #3 > I think the #1 and #3 too small (since 1008x512 bites =512 KBytes< 20MB)?, > so > I highlighted the #2, then I was told that this slice is in use and should be > deleted, if I do so I will lost files ( used in Windows) in this disk? what is > meant here the "deleted"-----the same as that in DOS? > but the sizes of #1 and #3 kept the same after I deleted many DOS files from > the wd1 (it is the 2nd disk in my PC). > > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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