Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 11:56:05 -0400 From: Mike Roth <mroth@computeractive.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Installing On dell inspiron & Win 2000 Message-ID: <200007281555.e6SFtqL10525@stilton.computeractive.com>
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Hi I'm trying to install FreeBSD 4.0 on a Dell Inspiron 5000 with Windows 2000 Professional and I'm having a bit of trouble. There is a 12 gig disk, with Win2000 using the first 8 gigs. I try to install FreeBSD and fdisk does not recognize the drive geometry. I've reset it to what is written on the drive label and proceed to partition and install. All goes will until I reboot. When I reboot I a) cannot boot FreeBSD when using BootEasy b) get a "Read Error" when I don't touch the boot sector and I have to reinstall everything What is even more anoying is if I reinstall Win2000 - without a reformat - it boots fine into Windows, however I can only boot off the live filesystem that comes with the CDs. When I do and I run fsck I get in correct super blocks on the root partition. Finally drive utilities from FreeBSD complain about incorrect "magic numbers" in the boot sector of the disk. If you have any answers or have done the like before please let me know. BTW - I am *not* subscribed to this list so if you could, please email me directly. My setup is: Dell Inspiron 5000 196 Megs Ram 12 Gig HD. Windows 2000 Pro. -- "Specialization is for insects." -- Lazarus Long To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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