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Date:      Fri, 3 May 2002 20:08:38 +0200
From:      Martin Karlsson <martin.karlsson@visit.se>
To:        paulrcarl@earthlink.net
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Disk Partioning
Message-ID:  <20020503180838.GA3922@foo31-146.visit.se>
In-Reply-To: <E173gNh-0000Vm-00@falcon.prod.itd.earthlink.net>
References:  <E173gNh-0000Vm-00@falcon.prod.itd.earthlink.net>

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* paulrcarl@earthlink.net <paulrcarl@earthlink.net> [2002-05-03 09.58 -0800]:

> I'm attempting my first freebsd instalation...I've installed Linux
> (SlackWare & Mandrake) before. I can't seem to get past the Disk
> Partioning.

ok...

>I'm installing on an empty 40Gb. drive where I'd like to put
>FreeBSD on the first 20Gb and reserve the back 20GB for Linux.

sounds good...

> The partioning software... WindRiver 4 CD distribution simply
> doesn't respond to my attempts to specify 20Gb or 4500 Blocks or
> whatever it needs to begin partioning.  Need help.

Do you mean that when you press *any* key, *nothing* happens? Or do you
mean that what you _expect_ to happen _doesn't_ happen? If the latter is
the case, then I suggest you study the handbook:
  
  <URL:http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/>;

and especially:
  
  <URL:http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/install-steps.html>;

HTH
-- 
Martin Karlsson - 0x9C924660

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