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From: Kevin Ivarsen <ivarneli@avalon.net>
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Hello. I am trying to install freebsd. I used RAWRITE to get the
boot.flp image on a disk, but when it boots it only detects my first
hard drive. My second is a western digital, but it can't find it so it
uses default values, (a whole 17 clusters!). Anyway, I get into the
install program, but when I'm making the partitions it won't let me make
one on that hard drive. I even set the geometry to the disk to the
correct values, and it still won't do anything. (It has an unused
partition with the 17 clusters, but I can't do anything to that, nor can
I make another partition. It doesn't seem to be reading the new disk
geometry). If anyone can help me I'd greatly appreciate it.

BTW, I'm a fairly experienced linux user. How does freebsd compare with
linux?

Thanks,
-Kevin