Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 02:07:27 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: John Murphy <john@t-f-i.freeserve.co.uk> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Slices named X in FDISK Message-ID: <20000302020727.F327@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <5LG9OMCgTIyq8Ob56lYMZdmd33rc@4ax.com>; from john@t-f-i.freeserve.co.uk on Thu, Mar 02, 2000 at 01:56:26AM %2B0000 References: <5LG9OMCgTIyq8Ob56lYMZdmd33rc@4ax.com>
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On Thu, Mar 02, 2000 at 01:56:26AM +0000, John Murphy wrote:
> Can't seem to find the answer to this: HELLLP!
>
> Trying to install both FreeBSD 3.2 and win95 on the same Seagate HD
> model ST38410A 8.4G BIOS says it's 16383 cyl, 16 heads, 63 sectors.
>
> The Redmond software seems to insist on having the first partition,
> so I've used Partition Magic to set up the drive thus:
>
> 454.9M Bootable FAT for drive C:
> 31.4M Unformatted Hidden Bootable for FreeBSD /
> 7.8M Boot Manager Active
> 5,020.3M FAT32 for drive D: (extended)
> 2,706.3M Unused for FreeBSD swap and /usr
>
> Using the Novice install method and CDRom...
>
> FDISK Partition editor shows this: (after I create the slices I want)
> Disk name: wd0
> Disk Geometry: 1048 cyls/255 heads/63 sectors = 16836120 sectors[1]
>
> Offset Size End Name PType Desc Subtype Flags
> 0 63 62 - 6 unused 0
> 63 931707 931769 wd0s1 2 fat 6 =
> 931770 64260 996029 wd0s2 3 freebsd 165 C=
> 996030 16065 1012094 wd0s3 1 OS/2 bootmgr 10 =
> 1012095 10281600 11293694 wd0s4 4 extended 5 =
> 11293695 5542425 16836119 X 3 freebsd 165 =>
> 16836120 5544 16841663 - 6 unused 0 >
>
> [1] Should I set this to what the BIOS says?
>
> So on to the Disklabel editor (ain't gonna work though, is it)
>
> Disk wd0 Partition name: wd0s2 Free 0 blocks (0MB)
> Disk wd0 Partition name: X Free 0 blocks (0MB)
>
> Part Mount Size Newfs
> ---- ----- ---- -----
> wd0s1 <none> 454MB DOS
> wd0s2a / 31MB UFS N
> X swap 256MB SWAP
> X /usr 2450MB UFS N
>
> I then get the message about no /var but that's no problem, but then
> the next message is "Unable to make device node for /dev/X in /dev!
> the creation of filesystems will be aborted." I'm not surprised.
>
> The next message is "Couldn't make filesystem properly. Aborting."
>
> I've looked at the debug messages on VTY1 but I don't think they
> would be helpful here. I've noted them but I guess the question is:
>
> How can I use the "X" slice as (say) wd0s5?
>
Your 'X' partition, which *must* be a primary to use for FreeBSD comes
after the extended partition. This is not allowed. All primary
partitions must come before the extended partition.
HTH
> I've previously installed ok on a 486 where it's the only OS, and
> also on this same hardware using a spare (but slow) HD (wd1) so I
> know the hardware is compatible.
>
> Any and all advice will be much appreciated. And thanks for a great OS.
>
> John.
>
>
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