Date: Fri, 19 Dec 97 18:07:45 cst From: none@pen.net To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: installation Message-ID: <199712192318.PAA00686@hub.freebsd.org>
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I've used FIPS to partition my HD (815MB Western Digital which is too large
for my computer to recognize without the help of a program); I now have two
DOS formatted partitions on my HD: one 400MB which I am using for DOS, the
other 413MB which I would like to use for FreeBSD. When I run the FreeBSD
installation program boot disk I find no conflicts with my hardware. I
choose novice installation and enter the FDISK Partition Editor. Here I
encounter the following information:
disk name: wd0
disk geometry: 6546 cyls/15 heads/17 sectors: 1669230 sectors
offset size end name ptype desc subtype flags
0 17 16 - 6 unused 0
17 1667169 1667185 wd0s1 1 unknown 85 >
1667186 2062 1669247 - 6 unused 0 >
Unfortunately I have only a rudimentary understanding of this information
and it looks nothing like what I might have expected (ie: two options, one
400MB, the other 413MB).
I highlight the third item (unused) and select (c)reate. I accept 2062 as
the size (it won't do anything if I enter something like 413M) and 165 as
the type. The table now displays:
offset size end name ptype desc subtype flags
0 17 16 - 6 unused 0
17 1667169 1667185 wd0s1 1 unknown 85 >
1667186 2044 1669229 wd0s2 3 freebsd 165 C
1669230 18 1669247 - 6 unused 0 >
I've tried highlighting the first item and selecting (c)reate before but
nothing happens.
I (q)uit. I select bootmgr. I receive this warning:
disk slice error: chunk 'wd0s2' [1667186..1669229] does not start on a
track boundry.
I choose ok. I am now in the FreeBSD Disklabel Editor where the following
information is highlighted:
disk: wd0 partition: wd0s2 free: 2044 blocks (0MB)
This isn't looking right at all and I have no idea what to do about it.
Though I'm able to choose the (a)uto defaults for all option at this point
I haven't gone beyond the screen which prompts for my PPP information
because I don't actually understand what has happened in these partition
menus.
Could you please shed some light on this?
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