Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 09:57:20 +1000 From: "Andrew Johns" <A_Johns@TurnAround.com.au> To: <Robert3085@aol.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: <schaefer@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de> Subject: RE: FreeBSD Install Question from a newbie..... Message-ID: <000601bed49d$ef95abb0$4001a8c0@tasajohns.turnaround.com.au> In-Reply-To: <cf22301a.24c8f53d@aol.com>
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You don't want to format the D: drive - that will format it as DOS FAT-style partition, which you can see that you've done from the 'WD0S2 fat' line. You can also tell that it is the right one as it's size is ~600,000 blocks (512 bytes per block) => ~300 Meg - dumb fat overhead and allowing for drop in 'size' when converting from blocks to Meg => 293 MB. There are a few blocks left over at the very end of the disk (2000 blocks ~= 1 MB) which you can't use (I won't go into why, you just can't). So, back to the question - use the wd0s2 partition to install FreeBSD on - I'm not sure but I think that it will blow away the (fat) D: drive for you and install itself over the top. Cheers and welcome to FreeBSD. AJ > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of > Robert3085@aol.com > Sent: Friday, 23 July 1999 8:29 > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Cc: schaefer@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de > Subject: FreeBSD Install Question from a newbie..... > > > Hi all, > > I have a question about the install process for FreeBSD. > I created a 293 meg. Partition for FreeBSD using F.I.P.S. and > then formatted > my new D: drive. > > I plan on installing FreeBSD from my C: drive/DOS partition. > I boot FreeBSD > and enter the Visual Mode/NOVICE install process. Then I come > the 'fdisk' > part and become very nervous. I'm presented with the > following screen with > the very last line HI-LITED. > > disk name: wd0 > disk geometry: 1023 clys/32 heads/63 sectors = 2062368 sectors > > offset size end name PType > desc > subtype flags > 0 63 62 > - > 6 unused 0 > 63 1459521 1459583 wd0s1 fat > 6 > 6 > 1459584 600768 2060351 WD0S2 fat 6 > 6 > 2060352 2016 2062367 - 6 > unused > 0 > > My question is this, How do I know FOR SURE that the last > line is the 293 > meg/D: drive? Can some help me so I don't kill the > DOS/WINDOWS/AOL C: drive > partition? Can someone please help me, I'd love to get > FreeBSD running this > evening and start to learn the "World of UNIX." > > Thank you, > > Bob Brozewicz > MVS Systems Programmer > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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