From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 21 6:30:23 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtpe.casema.net (smtpe.casema.net [195.96.96.172]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F423B37B407 for ; Sat, 21 Jul 2001 06:29:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from engelman@wanadoo.nl) Received: (qmail 6506 invoked from network); 21 Jul 2001 13:29:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO noveibf9zhfur3) (212.64.37.95) by smtpe.casema.net with SMTP; 21 Jul 2001 13:29:49 -0000 Reply-To: From: "fe" To: Subject: partitioning hd Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 15:26:25 +0200 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0002_01C111F9.813F1B10" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.3018.1300 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0002_01C111F9.813F1B10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello all, I have recently obtained a set of FreeBSD 4.3 (on CD-ROMs) since I am seriously interested to see if FreeBSD offers an opportunity for me to live without windows, but wishing to install it I get confronted with FIPS, which shows a primary FAT32 partition and an extended part, and offers the opportunity to repartition the extended part, yet, as the table below shows, part of it is used already. I have used PartitionMagic to split up the 30Gb hard disk (on a Vaio f809): C 7,295.1 Mb Primary Windows 2000 D 3,302.4 Mb Extended data (E) (CD) F 5,004.6 Mb Empty G 5,004.6 Mb Empty H 5,004.6 Mb Empty I 3,000.3 Mb Empty Is it possible to get the installation procedure to install FreeBSD onto either the F, G, H, slice without it ruining my nicely laid out partition table, and wrecking my data partition? Or should I transfer all data of the logical D part to C, and repartition the extended part with the help of FIPS? Should the FreeBSD slice also be primary? Obviously, the first option would definitely be preferable to me. The Complete FreeBSD by Greg Lehey offers no help in this matter, so I would be very grateful for any suggestions I can get. Thank very much. Kind regards, FE. ------=_NextPart_000_0002_01C111F9.813F1B10 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hello = all,

 

I = have recently obtained a set of FreeBSD 4.3 (on CD-ROMs) since I am seriously interested to see if FreeBSD offers an opportunity for me to live = without windows, but wishing to install it I get confronted with FIPS, which = shows a primary FAT32 partition and an extended part, and offers the opportunity = to repartition the extended part, yet, as the table below shows, part of it = is used already. I have used PartitionMagic to split up the 30Gb hard disk = (on a Vaio f809):

 

C

7,295.1 = Mb

Primary =

Windows = 2000

D

3,302.4 = Mb

Extended =

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(E)

(CD)<= /span>

 

 

F

5,004.6 = Mb

 

Empty=

G

5,004.6 = Mb

 

Empty=

H

5,004.6 = Mb

 

Empty=

I

3,000.3 = Mb

 

Empty=

 

Is it = possible to get the installation procedure to install FreeBSD onto either the F, = G, H, slice without it ruining my nicely laid out partition table, and = wrecking my data partition? Or should I transfer all data of the logical D part to C, and = repartition the extended part with the help of FIPS? Should the FreeBSD slice also = be primary? Obviously, the first option would definitely be preferable to = me. The Complete FreeBSD by Greg = Lehey offers no help in this matter, so I would be very grateful for any suggestions = I can get. Thank very much.

 

Kind = regards,

 

FE.

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