Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 08:47:03 +0300 From: Igor Robul <igor@raduga.dyndns.org> To: andrew@ugh.net.au Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM ThinkPad iSeries 1200 Message-ID: <20010320084703.A12846@mordor.raduga.sochi.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0103201427060.17094-100000@starbug.ugh.net.au>; from andrew@ugh.net.au on Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 02:35:51PM %2B1000 References: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0103201427060.17094-100000@starbug.ugh.net.au>
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On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 02:35:51PM +1000, andrew@ugh.net.au wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD on an IBM ThinkPad iSeries 1200. I want to > get it to dual boot Windows98. The machine was originally purchased in > Japan, it doesn't seem to be sold elsewhere. > > FreeBSD installs fine but windows (from the IBM CD that comes with the > laptop) refuses to install unless the disk has just one FAT partition (ie > delete FreeBSD) - otherwise the installer has an invalid path error 99. > > Is there a way around this? Make two DOS partitions. Then install Windows to one. And then FreeBSD to other. If this does not work, then Make one big primary DOS partition for Windows. Install it. Use some utility to resize primary partition and make second for FreeBSD. You can use, for example, fips.exe. -- Igor Robul, Unix System Administrator & Programmer @ sanatorium "Raduga", Sochi, Russia http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=304744 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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