Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 01:21:41 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: none@pen.net Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installation Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971220012018.20917D-100000@shell.futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <199712192318.PAA00686@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Fri, 19 Dec 1997 none@pen.net wrote: > 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 > The problem is apparent right here. Partition wd0s1 is your DOS partition; present size is 1667169, which is about 800 or so megs (the number is the number of 512k blocks). You didn't save the new settings from FIPS. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
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