Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 07:07:02 +0200 From: Christoph Sold <so@i-clue.de> To: vijay singh <vijju_s@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: linux and frebsd on 1 disk Message-ID: <3B9C4A76.6020404@i-clue.de> References: <LAW2-F246TR5UVN6UHP0000d6fe@hotmail.com>
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[Sending HTML encoded EMail is frowned upon here.] [Crosspost to RedHat list deleted.] vijay singh wrote: > Hello - I installed RedHat 7.0 on a Dell system with a 13G IBM IDE > hard disk. While installing Linux I allocated 6G and spread them > across 3 partitions as required. I did this using Disk Druid. Now I > would like to install FreeBSD on the rest of the disk - but when I > start the FreeBSD (4.2) installation process - it does not recognize > the entire space (around 7G left on the disk). Any ideas? > Check your partition table. If the remaining space is allocated to extended paretitions, you should delete the extended partition first. FreeBSD needs a standard partition. If you're using an older version of FreeBSD, chances are your hard disk is too big. HTH -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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