From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 15 08:26:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA14435 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 08:26:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from vanessa.eliuk.org (pme41.sunshine.net [209.17.178.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA14428 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 08:26:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net) Received: from localhost (cagey@localhost) by vanessa.eliuk.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id IAA00747; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 08:24:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cagey@vanessa.eliuk.org) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 08:24:44 -0800 (PST) From: "Kevin G. Eliuk" Reply-To: "Kevin G. Eliuk" To: "m.joling" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing problems In-Reply-To: <000201be27a9$efdc48a0$0901a8c0@spd15> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 14 Dec 1998, m.joling wrote: > Dear Sir, > After try to install freebsd I delete all partitions in the partion editor . > Now I using dos fdisk and the hard drive is now 504 MB instead off 8455MB > I have this also seen partition off 8055MB and I lose somewhere about 504MB > I cannot get my hole drive back. > I want to split the drive in 2 equal partitions. What am i doing wrong? > 1st section for windows and second one for freeBSD > > Mans Joling Your is not a software problem it applies to understanding your hardware. First find and read the documentation on installing and setting up your drive for your particular PC. Most information can be gotten from the web particular to the manufacturer. For installing FreeBSD beside another operating system, download and read the documentation from FreeBSD.org in the tutorials section: "Using FreeBSD with other operating systems" I think that will supply all the answers to all your questions and a few future ones. -- Regards, Kevin G. Eliuk Discover Rock Solid, Discover FreeBSD | http://www.FreeBSD.Org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message