Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 15:49:04 -0500 From: Alan Weber <aauu@ccms.net> To: Oliver Thuns <oliver.thuns@gmx.de>, "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD on a partition above the 1024 cylinder Message-ID: <35F446BF.DE345785@ccms.net> References: <199809071039.DAA20619@hub.freebsd.org>
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Oliver Thuns wrote: > Hello, > > I tried to install FreeBSD, but the setup program does not recognize my > partitions correctly. > I have 4 partitions: > > 400 MB FAT (Win 95) > 1000 MB NTFS (NT 4.0) > 700 MB FAT (for FreeBSD) > 2000 MB FAT (Data) > > FreeBSD setup recognizes the first FAT partition and only one extended > partition with 3700 MB. The BIOS does not support a mapping for large > harddisks, but this should be no problem with FreeBSD (NT and Linux > recognize these partitions, Win95 doesn't). FreeBSD is seeing your partitions correctly. You have two partitions, a 400 meg FAT and a 3700meg Extended partition. Your NTFS, 700meg and 2000meg partitions are logical partitions contained in the extended partition. FreeBSD needs a primary partition to be installed. You can fix this situation with Partition Magic ($) by moving up the 2000meg partition to the end of the NTFS partion and truncating the extended partition at 3000meg. FreeBSD then can be installed in the remaining 700 meg space. FreeBSD does not use the DOS FAT file system for itself. After FreeBSD is installed in the 700 meg partition you can access the DOS FAT partitions when FreeBSD is running. If you have a way to backup the partitions or dont have much data I would make a 2000 meg Win 95 FAT 32, a 1000 meg NTFS and a 1100 meg FreeBSD. I would boot each OS in their respective partition. You can get drivers for Win 95 & NT that will read the NTFS and FAT 32 partitions at www.sysinternals.com. FreeBSD Stable can access the FAT32 partition. If your committed to keeping the extended partition as is, you may be able to install Linux for a unix-like os. -- When I was a kid I had to rub sticks together to multiply and divide numbers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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