Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 23:08:51 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: none@pen.net Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installation Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971222230746.7705N-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199712192318.PAA00686@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Fri, 19 Dec 1997 none@pen.net wrote: > I've used FIPS to partition my HD (815MB Western Digital which is too large > for my computer to recognize without the help of a program); I now have two > DOS formatted partitions on my HD: one 400MB which I am using for DOS, the > other 413MB which I would like to use for FreeBSD. When I run the FreeBSD > installation program boot disk I find no conflicts with my hardware. I > choose novice installation and enter the FDISK Partition Editor. Here I > encounter the following information: > > disk name: wd0 > disk geometry: 6546 cyls/15 heads/17 sectors: 1669230 sectors > > offset size end name ptype desc subtype flags > > 0 17 16 - 6 unused 0 > 17 1667169 1667185 wd0s1 1 unknown 85 > > 1667186 2062 1669247 - 6 unused 0 > > > Unfortunately I have only a rudimentary understanding of this information > and it looks nothing like what I might have expected (ie: two options, one > 400MB, the other 413MB). 1. Did you adjust your first disk or the second? 2. Did you actually commit the changes? It looks like no changes were made. fips will create two disks of type primary from one. > I highlight the third item (unused) and select (c)reate. I accept 2062 as > the size (it won't do anything if I enter something like 413M) and 165 as > the type. The table now displays: You don't want a 1 meg slice. (2062 sectors * 512 bytes/sector) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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