From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jan 3 21:49:54 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from ns2.globalctg.net (ns2.globalctg.net [202.5.32.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54BE714E02 for ; Mon, 3 Jan 2000 21:49:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nestar@globalctg.net) Received: from delivery.globalctg.net (ns1.aob.globalctg.net [202.5.32.5]) by ns2.globalctg.net with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2448.0) id CG6L8FD3; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 11:47:38 +0600 Received: from globalctg.net [202.5.32.222] by delivery.globalctg.net [202.5.32.10] with SMTP (MDaemon.v2.7.SP5.R) for ; Tue, 04 Jan 2000 11:47:33 +0600 Message-ID: <38718968.6BC565F2@globalctg.net> Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 05:47:20 +0000 From: "New Star Service Co." Organization: New Star Service Co. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.13-7mdk i586) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD-Hackers Subject: installation help Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Return-Path: nestar@globalctg.net Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I am complete new in FreeBSD. I collect FreeBSD3.3 two CD's from one of my friend but he not use this OS. So please help me to install FBSD3.3 . Please inform how to make partition and boot. I have 2 harddisk both 6.4 GB. One for Redhat 6.1, SuSE and another harddisk i like to use FreeBSD(FBSD). I like to install (boot)directly from CDROM. please inform how to create partition ? I want to create one partition for FreeBSD(like to complete use 6.4GB) because i'm single user. For your information , i use fdisk to create partition for linux , like this way :- n -> p -> (1-4) -> 1 -> cyl (1-784) -> 1 -> size + 2800 M n -> p -> (1-4) -> 2 -> cyl (358-784) -> 358 -> size +2800M n -> e (1-4) -> 3 -> cyl (715-784) -> 715 -> size 784 [to create extended partition] n -> l -> cyl (715-784) -> 715 -> size 750 n -> l -> cyl (751-784) -> 751 -> size 784 To create swap partition : t -> (1-6) -> 5 -> hexcode 82 To active partition : a -> 1 Please give me your expericence which you apply yourself. Please note, In linux I create two partition because I use 2 linux OS but I like to use FreeBSD complete in 6.4 Gb so please inform how can i create partition complete for FreeBSD. and also please inform how can i boot with FreeBSD boot loader instead of LILO. Please help anybody. waiting prompt reply. satyajit To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message