Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 22:51:13 +0100 (IST) From: Zoldi Arpad <arpi@wuzwuz.ucg.ie> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD installation Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.980504201501.3488A-100000@wuzwuz.ucg.ie> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980502192240.21194j-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Sat, 2 May 1998, Doug White wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Zoldi Arpad wrote:
>
> > I am trying to install FreeBSD and I have some problems. I have the
> > bootdisk, I am trying to install to a 450M partition. I don't know if
> > it's important, the partition contains a caldera linux installation.
> > I wanted install over ftp. I got with the installation to the fdisk stage.
> > I changed the partition type ("slice" as I see in freebsd) from ext2fs to
> > freebsd.
>
> That was wrong. 1) You hosed your Linux partition, 2) the parameters on
> it probably confused the heck out of sysinstall. If you wanted to replace
> the partition you should have deleted it instead, not change the FS type.
Yes, that worked. Thank you very much.
Regards,
Arpi
Arpad Zoldi Galway, Ireland
arpi@wuzwuz.ucg.ie
>
> 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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