From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 15 05:36:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA19870 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 15 Jan 1998 05:36:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.netcetera.dk (root@sleipner.netcetera.dk [194.192.207.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA19826 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 1998 05:36:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from leifn@image.dk) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by mail.netcetera.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with UUCP id NAA02754 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 15 Jan 1998 13:55:31 +0100 Received: by swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk (0.99.970109) id AA08429; 15 Jan 98 13:55:40 +0100 From: leifn@image.dk (Leif Neland) Date: 15 Jan 98 13:51:44 +0100 Subject: installing on FAT32 w/Partition Magic Message-ID: <898_9801151355@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk> Organization: Fidonet: UNIX-sysadm søger job To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk At 15 Jan 98 11:39:36 Jonathan Hahn wrote regarding installing on FAT32 w/Partition Magic JH> From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 15 13:25:59 JH> 1998 From: Jonathan Hahn JH> Subject: installing on FAT32 w/Partition Magic JH> JH> The problem is that when I try to create Unix partitions in the JH> new DOS partition, the install program refuses. If I try to JH> create a root file system of any size, I get: JH> JH> This region cannot be used for your root partition as the JH> FreeBSD boot code cannot deal with a root partition created JH> in that location. Please choose another partition or JH> smaller size for your root partition and try again! JH> JH> I suspect a problem in my DOS partition setup. Here's my table: JH> JH> Name PType Desc Subtype Flags Comment JH> - 6 unused 0 size = 1 track JH> wd0s1 1 unknown 11 win95 (1.5 GB) JH> wd0s3 2 fat 6 for freebsd (.5 GB) Could you have trouble because the root must be below the 512MB limit? Leif Neland leifn@image.dk --- |Fidonet: Leif Neland 2:234/49 |Internet: leifn@image.dk