From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 28 19:33:37 1994 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id TAA19939 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 28 Dec 1994 19:33:37 -0800 Received: from lute.GCR.COM (lute.gcr.com [198.5.166.3]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with SMTP id TAA19898 for ; Wed, 28 Dec 1994 19:30:04 -0800 Received: from dialup15.gcr.com by lute.GCR.COM with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0rNBYl-00005aC; Wed, 28 Dec 94 22:29 EST Received: by dialup15.gcr.com (IBM OS/2 SENDMAIL VERSION 1.3.6)/1.0um) id AA0015; Wed, 28 Dec 94 22:35:34 -0800 Message-Id: <9412290635.AA0015@dialup15.gcr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 28 Dec 94 22:22:00 From: amcfaul@gcr.com To: questions@freebsd.org Reply-To: amcfaul@gcr.com Subject: Can't fdisk unused partion of HD X-Mailer: Ultimedia Mail/2 Lite, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Id: <14_63_1_788671330> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Description: Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Hi: I just started with FreeBSD. I tried Linux ver 1.1.59 and had difficulty matching sources of data and who set this program up etc...toooo many sources. Any way, I am trying to install FreeBSD 2.0 on a 540Meg Connor drive. Only 516Meg is now accessible due to old Bios. 1. I obtained boot144.flp dated 941204 and made image on 144 floopy. 2. I selected fdisk to start install. 3. Fdisk indicates I have 516M drive 1056384 sectors. I have 150Meg partion (413280-720719 sect) for OS/2 Warp, 200 Meg for MS Dos 6.0 (3024-413279), and 1Meg OS/2 boot Manager (63-3023 sect). the 4th partion is unused. I believe this should be 163Meg. When I try to edit the 4th partion (slice) I get a final indication of 0 (zero) meg for FreeBSD (0xa5 slice). Why?????? I am following the install instructions written by Jordan Hubbard. Thanks for any help you may give....Alan McFaul Dale City VA (near Wash D.C.) P.S. I have partioned the 4th partion in the past for Linux but have since deleted it with the OS/2 fdisk. //---------------------------------------------------------------------------- // The job is not finished until the paper work is completed from Washington D.C. the paper capital of the World!!!