Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 12:11:03 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation problems on machine with win 98 Message-ID: <36AB0DD7.FEF19750@uk.radan.com> References: <36AA93D0.6CDA1A73@confusion.net> <36AA987B.850FB7B8@confusion.net>
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Laurence Berland wrote: > > Sorry to reply to my own post, but I got past that stage, and now I'm stuck > with a problem that to me at least (being a total newbie, it's my first > installation) is completely vexing. The hard drive is partitioned into five > > logical partitions each being about 2 GB and with the windoze letters > c,d,e,f,g. But the installation finds 4 partitions. I assume the first is > the MBR. The second is a size that fits the C drive, the third is the > combined size of d,e,f, and g combined. The fourth is, I think, this > partition that was part of a dell recovery system (rude huh) that is now > corrupted anyway. my question is, how do I get it to recognize each of d-g > individually? Thanks for the help > Laurence If d,e,f,g are in an extended partition then they are numbered from wd0s5 onwards, i.e. d is wd0s5, e is wd0s6 etc. (or sd0 if it's SCSI). > > Laurence Berland wrote: > > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 2.2.8 (The Walnut Creek CD) on a machine > > with win 98. We made the floppy image off the cd, and rebooted to the > > floppy. We used the visual kernel config choice, and deleted lots of > > hardware that the box doesnt have. We also deleted some sort of console > > that conflicted with the mouse, which I assume we don't have, but to be > > honest I don't know what it is in the first place. After finishing > > that, we saved changes and exited kernel config. The machine showed a > > grey box in the upper left corner, and was otherwise hung. HelP!!!! > > > > -- > > Laurence Berland > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > Laurence Berland, Stuyvesant HS Debate > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > > I wish I knew, I wish I knew > what makes me, me, and what makes you, you. > It's just another point of view, ooo. > A state of mind I'm going through, yes. > So what I see is never true, ahhh. > -"I wish" Cat Stevens (Yusef Islam) > http://stuy.debate.net http://evilfred.home.ml.org yes they're different > icq #7434346 aol imer E1101 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Trust the computer industry to shorten Year 2000 to Y2K. It was this thinking that caused the problem in the first place. My homepage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, | mailto:marko@uk.radan.com Radan Computational Ltd | http://www.radan.com Bath, England. CAD/CAM solutions | FreeBSD - The Power To Serve for the Sheetmetal Work industry.| http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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