Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 02:38:43 -0500 From: Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net> To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Installing onto a Toshiba 2805-S201 Message-ID: <20001202023843.B1109@pir.net> In-Reply-To: <20001201232803.A636@vulpes.internal.vulpes.net>; from francisco@vulpes.net on Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 11:28:04PM -0800 References: <20001201232803.A636@vulpes.internal.vulpes.net>
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Frysco! <francisco@vulpes.net> probably said: > I've removed as much of the extraneous windows 'bumf' as I'm comfortable > with, and have about 850Mb in use on the Windows. I've gone in with both > FIPS and PResizer, and can't seem to reduce the Windows partition down to > less than 1576Mb. Have you tried defragging the disk ? Although it is payware, I do recommend partition magic for this kind of thing, it seems to deal a lot better. > So, I'm wondering if this is anything to do with the 1024cylinder > limitation that's mentioned in the Install FAQ? But this is where I'm > confused. According to the disk geometry I'm getting from the Partition > Editor, the geometry of the disk is 730cyl/255hd/63sect. Wouldn't that > mean that root partition would be below that 1024 limit anyway? Or am I > completely off base here? the true geometry of the disk is often not what the BIOS is using ... but 1.5Gb into a disk should be ok on all but a very old machine. P. -- pir pir@pir.net pir@net.tufts.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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