From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 16 02:05:46 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0F5C16A4CE for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 02:05:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from ghostsearchers.com (host81-152-213-174.range81-152.btcentralplus.com [81.152.213.174]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAEFB43D3F for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 02:05:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from teilhk@hotpost.co.uk) Received: from ARLETTE ([200.67.187.13]) by ghostsearchers.com (ghostsearchers [81.152.213.174]) (MDaemon.PRO.v6.8.4.R) with ESMTP id 52-md50000000099.tmp for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 10:05:49 +0000 Message-ID: <003201c3dc18$34b07050$210110ac@ARLETTE> From: "Teilhard Knight" To: "FreeBSD_Newbies" , "Ion-Mihai Tetcu" References: <00b701c3d9d6$9c3d2ef0$210110ac@ARLETTE> <20040113154954.4aa0d3ca@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 04:04:54 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-Spam-Processed: ghostsearchers, Fri, 16 Jan 2004 10:05:49 +0000 (not processed: message from valid local sender) X-MDRemoteIP: 200.67.187.13 X-Return-Path: teilhk@hotpost.co.uk X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Partitioning X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 10:05:47 -0000 > On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 07:10:19 -0600 > "Teilhard Knight" wrote: > > > I am trying to install FreeBSD 5.1. I have created by means other than > > the installation program, a partitioning of my disk (160 Gig), and I > > want to install on one of those partitions. > > OK. > > > I have three primary partitions and one > > extended where I have installed Linux in one logical partition. I want > > FreeBSD to go in another logical partition. > > Not possible. > > > When I installed 4.7 in another > > computer, I had no problems whatsoever. > > I doubt. > > > But with 5.1 the partitioning > > utility only sees the primary partitions, the first three and the > > extended one as a whole. > > You're talking about fdisk, right ? > > > It sees the extended partition as one partition without the > > logical ones created there. > > Yes. > > > Apparently I must have the partition for FreeBSD as FAT, but other > > tools do not help me because the partition is too large to be FAT. > > NO. FreeBSD partitions are UFS, with id 165 and not FAT. > > > Any help to solve this will be appreciated. > > You would do your self an us a a big favour reading: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/install.html > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html Thank you very much for your comments. I think that I learned from this experience. I hope one day to be able to help other newbies, but I am very short of time. Maybe that's the reason I keep being a newbie myself, although I installed 4.7 several months ago. Teilhard