Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 23:29:51 -0400 (EDT) From: "James A. Mutter" <jmutter@netwalk.com> To: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> Cc: Nightshifter <dinks@ckt.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stuck lost and a newbie to freebsd! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904272326480.1311-100000@insomnia.local.net> In-Reply-To: <19990427214440.B447@marder-1>
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:AFAIK, you can't have a primary partition *after* an extended one, :which is what you are implying "the partition I created is at the :end with 400megs" is. Which means you have two 400MB logical drives :in an extended partition. : :If this is the case then you won't be able to install FreeBSD, it :must be in a primary partition (I take it you're not planning on :overwriting Windows, even though it is a nice thought :-) ). : Would it be possible to delete the partitions you created (restore the old layout) and then just shrink your one large partition with FIPS? That scheme should leave you with 2 primary partitions and allow FreeBSD to install. This is how I always did it back in the "Old Days" ** If you aren't sure what you're doing with your disks/layouts/etc, ** it wouldn't hurt to find someone who may have a deeper ** understanding on the subject to walk you through it, or even do it ** for you. You really don't want to fudge this one. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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