Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 04:34:45 +0000 From: "rohitash panda" <panda_rohitash@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: problem installing freebsd in preused dos partition Message-ID: <LAW2-F7GS1DknvCesa3000020ed@hotmail.com>
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hi, iam trying to install freebsd for the second time.the first time,while partitioning with fdisk i had deliberately left space for freebsd,so there was no problem.now iam tring to install in an exsisting windows logical drive in the extended partition.my drive geometry is(from fdisk) primary: c:- 2.5 GB extended: Total :-7.5 GB logical d:- 2.5 GB e:- 2.5 GB f:- 2.5 GB so i shifted all the data from F: drive to D: and E: .Now i went to the dos FDISK utility to free up the Logical partition F: using delete a logical dos drive.When i viewed the partition information ,in the logical drives part F: was not there.So i thought it has been freed. Then i went on to installing freebsd,but when it asked for partitioning in its fdisk like utility,i did not find the freed up space of F: drive. its showing (i think all the size it shows in cylinders or if its not assume whatever it takes.iam sure of the sizes i have mentioned) first line its showing something as free of 64 cylinders ad0s1(i think the primary partition) fat somesize ad0s2 extended somesize the last line shows free space of 4275 cylinders if it had shown the logical drives (in freebsd's fdisk utility )then i would have Deleted the slice and Created for freebsd(is there any way to do that).Now how do i go about.Shall i have to use some utility like FIPS and how much is the risk of data getting lost. any help will be highly appreciated thanks rohitash _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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