From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 8 12: 0:14 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (oe8.pav0.hotmail.com [64.4.32.88]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA3F837B405 for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2001 12:00:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 8 Dec 2001 12:00:11 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [63.25.50.8] From: "RONALD SNOW" To: Subject: / not accepted Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 13:59:49 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.00.0021.1700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0000_01C17FF0.9A1301A0" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Dec 2001 20:00:11.0742 (UTC) FILETIME=[F1D24FE0:01C18022] 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 ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C17FF0.9A1301A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I am trying to do a standard installation on my second hard drive. It was= partitioned with Partition Magic to have an extended partition divided i= nto two logical partitions for Linux. At the end of the drive is 6GB of u= nused space. This is where I want to install FreeBSD 4.4. When I get to the FDISK Partition Editor it shows the extended Linux part= ition and the unused space. I select the unused space and hit 'c' to crea= te the FreeBSD slice. The Value Required window comes up showing the size= of the unused space (5985). I hit enter and the next Value Required wind= ow (Enter type of partition to create) comes up with 165 shown as the val= ue. I hit OK and go back to the FDISK Editor. Now, is it necessary to set= the drive geometry at this point? Or, should I click on Q to finish this= stage? If I click Q, I go to the Install Boot Manager window. I select Install t= he FreeBSD Boot Manager and click OK which takes me to the FreeBSD Diskla= bel Editor. I click on M and get the Value Required window saying "Please= specify a mount point for the partition". When I enter a / it says that = a / is an invalid mount point for a DOS partition. =20 I have printed the installation instructions and I cannot find anything t= o tell me a different procedure. Do I need to format the unused space bef= ore I get to the Disklabel Editor? If so, how should I go about doing it?= =20 ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C17FF0.9A1301A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I am trying to= do a standard installation on my second hard drive. It was partitioned w= ith Partition Magic to have an extended partition divided into two logica= l partitions for Linux. At the end of the drive is 6GB of unused space. T= his is where I want to install FreeBSD 4.4.

= When I get to the FDISK Partition Editor it shows the extended Linux part= ition and the unused space. I select the unused space and hit 'c' to crea= te the FreeBSD slice. The Value Required window comes up showing the size= of the unused space (5985). I hit enter and the next Value Required wind= ow (Enter type of partition to create) comes up with 165 shown as the val= ue. I hit OK and go back to the FDISK Editor. Now, is it necessary to set= the drive geometry at this point? Or, should I click on Q to finish this= stage?

If I click Q, I go to the Install Bo= ot Manager window. I select Install the FreeBSD Boot Manager and click OK= which takes me to the FreeBSD Disklabel Editor. I click on M and get the= Value Required window saying "Please specify a mount point for the parti= tion". When I enter a / it says that a / is an invalid mount po= int for a DOS partition.

I have printed the= installation instructions and I cannot find anything to tell me a differ= ent procedure. Do I need to format the unused space before I get to the D= isklabel Editor? If so, how should I go about doing it?

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