Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 10:28:13 -0800 (PST) From: Rudy Gireyev <rgireyev@yahoo.com> To: fzhang@nmsu.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hard disk partition Message-ID: <19980114182813.25924.rocketmail@send1b.yahoomail.com>
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---fujie zhang <fzhang@nmsu.edu> wrote: > > i am trying to install FreeBSD 2.2.5 from a DOS partition onto a AMD K6 > 200 MHz based PC with a 3.2 GB EIDE hard disk. my hard disk had > originally 3 partitions - 2 DOS FAT primary partitions and an extended > DOS partition. Hold it right there buster :-) You cannot, must not, shall not, will not install FreeBSD onto a an extended partition. > i booted my PC with a prepared FreeBSD boot floppy disk. > then i deleted the extended partition and created the FreeBSD partition > in its place. i also changed one of the DOS FAT partitions to an > extended one as FreeBSD dos not allow 2 FAT partitions. however, the > installation did go through. The install process leaves updating to a very last stage. You first set *all* of the config parameters and when you basically are ready to exit it does the actual update. > at the installation menu there are three > options - first automatic probing and install, second visual mode > configuration and last text mode configuration. when i used either of > the configuration mode, after configuration the computer HUNG. I could > preceed with the non-configuration option to as far as partition and set > up the file system allocations. it would not then go any further. See previous paragraph. > > Right now i could not even repartition my hard disk within the MS-DOS > mode. "fdisk" did not work. You cannot repartition it just yet. First use the DOS FDISK to delete the non-DOS partition. That will get FreeBSD file system off of the second primary and third extended partitions. Then somehow magically you must delete the third extended partition. > the computer simply hung right after i typed > in "fdisk". i tried to change the hard disk modes - LBA, large and > Normal. only under "Normal" did "fdisk" work. however, only 504 MB of > the hard disk could be accessed. Yes because the rest of the disk has FreeBSD file system on it and Win95 can't read it. > i can still boot my computer into > windows 95. but only one of the 3 original partitions are accessible. > ANYBODY WITH EXPERTISE IN AREA PLEASE HELP ME WITH ADVICES ON HOW TO > RESTORE THE HARD DISK AND INSTALL FREEBSD. You don't need to restore the hard disk because it isn't lost :-) You also don't need to type in uppercase because it equates to screaming :-) Follow the steps above and they will hopefully get you close to the solution, if you have any problems email me. > YOUR HELP WILL BE GREATLY > APPRECIATED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR READING THIS AND POSSIBLE HELP. > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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