Date: Sat, 29 Mar 97 11:19:00 From: me@corecom.net (Michael A. Endsley) To: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <199703292032.LAA12956@home.corecom.net>
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>> I have a dos partion set aside for FreeBSD which is my "E" drive. FreeBSD >> shows me 3 slices: >> Primary (dos) >> extended (dos) >> OS2 >> >> Also, 2 "slices" that show none. I assume the first small area is MBR >> FreeBSD wants me to use the bottom item on the list of slices but the >> numbers don't corresond to what I have set aside (E-drive) >> When my HD is probed at the beginning, it shows the correct numbers for my >> WD 1.6G drive. Can anybody help me or do you need more info? >You should read about the differences between a DOS partition and a >FreeBSD slice. http://www.freebsd.org "The Handbook" >I'll guess that your E: drive is not the only drive on your extended >partition. FreeBSD won't use space in your extended partition, so you >have to install over the entire extended partition, or use fdisk to >resize your extended partition, or use another program to reduced the >size of the extended partition to make room for FreeBSD. >FreeBSD won't install to a logical drive within a partition. Thanks for this info! Please understand, I have read everything I could till I am about totally confused ;) If I delete logical partition E, then OS/2 (logical drive F) will then assume the letter E, then won't run obviously. I also read (and hope I understood it correctly) that FBSD will try to take the first area on my HD. Would that then move Dos/Windoze? What I am trying to do is put FBSD in the same area that the E partition was so that OS/2 will still boot. Apparently this can't be done?? Maybe I read so much I got totally confused. If so, my apologies to all for this posting. IF above is true about not installing FreeBSD, does anybody know if Linux (sorry) would work? Mike -- ---------------------------------------------------------- THIS MACHINE IS POWERED WITH OS/2 WARP! me@corecom.net http://www.corecom.net/endsley/ -----------------------------------------------------------
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