From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 27 12:51:01 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA02041 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 12:51:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA02034 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 12:50:55 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id MAA00342; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 12:49:20 -0800 Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 12:49:20 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Raj Chetty cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail In-Reply-To: <199602270017.TAA12764@mail-e2a-service.gnn.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Mon, 26 Feb 1996, Raj Chetty wrote: > I have a IBM Aptiva with 8meg memory. The hard disk is an EIDE set up us > master and connected to local bus. It is partitioned as follows using FDISK > that came with OS/2 Warp. > > primary partition --------------Boot Manager------------Startable > primary partition ----drive c---pc-dos/win 3.1---FAT----bootable > Extended partition----drive d---data files-------FAT---- > drive e---min OS/2---------HPFS---bootable > drive f---OS/2 Warp etc----HPFS---bootable. > > My questions are: > > 1. Is it possible to install(Novice) FreeBSD on drive 'e' after deleting min > > OS/2? This partition is 48MBytes in size. I don't think so. You're going to need 100MB to get anything decent. This looks SUSPICIOUSLY like the layout of my disk!! :-) I bought a 540mb disk and stuck FreeBSD on that. My DOS/OS/2 stuff just took up too much space. > 2. If the answer to question 1 is no what should be changed? I am willing to > re-partition the hard drive and re-install the other systems if there is Delete lots of stuff or buy a second disk. that's all I can say. > 3. Is there a write-up that deals with the situation I have? I have this exact situation, I can help you out with it. You're set for the most part, when you add the bsd partition it'll show up in fdisk; just add it to the Boot Manager and off you go. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major