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Date:      Tue, 7 Nov 1995 15:24:40 +1100 (DST)
From:      Carey Nairn <cp_nairn@cc.utas.edu.au>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   IDE disk > 500MB
Message-ID:  <Pine.SUN.3.91.951107151624.16910E-100000@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au>

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I know this has to be a FAQ but I just can't seem to find the right 
information to get me out of this problem...

I have a 486DX33 with a 1.2GB Seagate drive which uses software to 
translate the geometry so that DOS etc can use it.  I have Win95, NT 
workstation 3.51 installed and I would like to install FreeBSD on the 
remaining 500MB.  The problem is that if I hold down CTRL during boot to 
boot from a floppy as instructed, the BSD boot disk doesn't want to 
boot.  If I boot with the floppy in the drive to start with, the FreeBSD 
installer can't see the other two partitions (500MB FAT, 200MB NTFS), and 
wants the whole disk.  I searched the mail archives and found a reference 
to a program called pfdisk (which I tried), but after setting the 
geometry in the installation I still don't see the other partitions.

can anyone help with this ?

(I am trying to install FreeBSD 2.0.5).

thanks,
Carey

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