Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 17:37:18 +0200 From: Emanuel Strobl <Emanuel.strobl@gmx.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Benjamin Sher <delphi123@zebra.net> Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD -- urgent hard drive issue Message-ID: <200506201737.30879@harrymail> In-Reply-To: <42B6DFA1.3030203@zebra.net> References: <42B6DFA1.3030203@zebra.net>
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--nextPart3079770.pLgKkTDkRk Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Am Montag, 20. Juni 2005 17:24 schrieb Benjamin Sher: > Dear friends: > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 5.4. The install CD that I created in Nero > is fine. I also > printed out all the info I could on my system. I have two primary hard > drives, each 40G > in capacity: The first one has Windows XP on it. The second disk is > completely blank. I > would like to install FreeBSD on this second disk and to use it > entirely. When I booted > up to the Install screen I saw the option of choosing ado or ad1. I did > read about this > earlier on the FreeBSD home page. I chose ad1and then saw the Fdisk > screen. I don't > need to Fdisk anything. I just want to use the second primary hard > drive. I am very If you choose ad1 then the partition table of ad0 (where your windows=20 resides) won't be touched. You could install FreeBSD without having a=20 MBR/Partition table but for compatibility reasons FreeBSD adopted the=20 microsoft partitions, so if you use sysinstall you have to create one=20 partition (slice would be the correct FreeBSD term) with id 165 and inside= =20 that slice the different labels for your mount points. > much afraid that I might do something wrong and wipe out my Windows > installation. So, Well, since you're doing regulary backups this won't be a matter, right? ;) =2DHarry > I chickened out and decided to ask for further guidance from the list. > > Could you please advise me on what precisely I should do at this > critical moment? > > Thank you so much. > > Please note my email address: > > Benjamin Sher > delphi123@zebra.net > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --nextPart3079770.pLgKkTDkRk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCtuK6Bylq0S4AzzwRAlAgAJ981KXhtci7lLg/DyynK0JxsyXhgACcDCZ6 wsXwJ0LUAuxX/q83Xx5VPDg= =VxSF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3079770.pLgKkTDkRk--
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