Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 11:07:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: paulc@seas.ucla.edu Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: harddrive partition Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960710110520.668C-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <9607091904.AA35059@lightning.seas.ucla.edu>
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On Tue, 9 Jul 1996 paulc@seas.ucla.edu wrote: > I have a 1GB SCSI drive, partitioned into 3 drives. > First is 100MB (primary) for dos programs; the other two are in > an extended partition. Within the extended partiton, I created 2 logical > paritions, 500MB (win95) and 400MB (potential UNIX); respectively > C:\ D:\ E:\ > > When I ran FIPS, indicates only two drives, I guess > the 100MB and the 900MB. If I continue with splitting the 2nd drive, will > that kill my win95? I would guess so. I don't think FIPS will split extended partitions successfully. I believe it was intended to be used on primary partitions only. > I'm new to installing UNIX, can you give me a step by step procedure or > at least giveme some hints as to how to proceed. Back up everything important, wipe everything, install Win95, install FreeBSD. 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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