Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 13:44:07 +0930 From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trouble setting up multiple boot on big disk Message-ID: <200308301344.07613.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <200308300352.VAA17113@lariat.org> References: <200308300352.VAA17113@lariat.org>
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On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 13:22, Brett Glass wrote:
> I'm setting up a laptop which will need to dual-boot Windows 2000 Serve=
r
> (ugh!) and FreeBSD. I partitioned the large (60 GB) hard disk so that t=
here
> was an 18 GB NTFS partition at the beginning, followed by a 20 GB parti=
tion
> for data, followed by an 18 GB partition for FreeBSD. But when I attemp=
ted
> to install FreeBSD, the disk labeling utility wouldn't let me divide th=
e 18
> GB partition (or "slice," in traditional UNIX parlance) into file syste=
ms
> ("partitions" in UNIX parlance). I get an error message that says I can=
't
> do it because something's "too big."
A precise message would be helpful.
But you may be running off the end of the disk -- i.e. the FreeBSD slice =
may
extend past the end of the disk.
60Gb in disk manufacturers (DM) terms means 60*1000*1000*1000.
Operating systems (OS) usually take 1Gb as 1024*1024*1024
Thus 60Gb(DM) =3D=3D 55.8Gb(OS) while you are perhaps looking
for 56Gb(OS)
Malcolm
>
> What limitation am I hitting, and how do I get around it?
>
> --Brett Glass
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