Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 13:59:52 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: none@pen.net Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installation Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971220135816.988C-100000@shell.futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <199712201847.MAA01772@shell.futuresouth.com>
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On Sat, 20 Dec 1997 none@pen.net wrote: > F> You have 3 partitions on the disk; the first one is tiny (your MBR), the > F> second is about 800 or so megs (DOS), and the third is about 1k of space > F> at the end of the disk. > F> Run FIPS again to break the 800 meg partition into 2 400 meg partitions > F> (or whatever sizes you want), and follow all the instructions it gives you > F> to make sure it saves the changes. It looks like either A) it didn't save > F> the changes or B) you accidentally split off 1k instead of 400 megs. > > Well, I understand that you can't offer more help but I _did_ split that > 800MB partition into two 400MB partitions (using FIPS). The changes were > saved so far as DOS is concerned (it recognizes both partitions and allows > me to move between them). The only program which doesn't recognize that > the disk has been split is the FreeBSD installation program. Ahh, well... Hmmm..... Check that your DOS partition is set as primary DOS partition, and that the partition you want to use for FreeBSD is set as secondary DOS partition. Other that that, I dunno what's going on; that's pretty weird. I'm directing this back onto -questions; maybe someone there will know a little more. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | 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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