Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 16:28:18 -0800 From: "Jim Cavalieri" <jcavalie@wco.com> To: <freebsd-install@freebsd.org> Subject: Fw: HELP! Install problem with NT4.0 and FreeBSD 2.2.2/2.2.5 Message-ID: <01bcf939$06e16c60$ef641990@jcavalie-lap.us.oracle.com>
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Hi - I haven't received any responses to this problem from the usenet groups. Can anyone here please help me out?! I'm really at a loss, and I need to get this working. Thanks very much! Jim -----Original Message----- From: Jim Cavalieri <jcavalie@us.oracle.com> Newsgroups: mailing.freebsd.questions,local.freebsd.questions,mailing.freebsd.stable Date: Friday, November 21, 1997 4:54 PM Subject: HELP! Install problem with NT4.0 and FreeBSD 2.2.2/2.2.5 >Hi - >I have been scouring the FAQ and the email archives, but I can't find the >answer to this configuration problem. >I have a 5.1 GB hard drive, fdisk'd as follows: >1. Primary Partition 20MB > contains C:\ formatted to DOS (all 20MB) >2. Extended Partition ~5 GB > contains D:\ logical drive formatted to NTFS (3GB) > contains 2GB of free space in the extended partition >I boot from the FreeBSD 2.2.5 install floppy and choose to create a slice in >the free space. The installer shows me the "unused" portion of the disk, >which I hi-lite, it asks the size, and then it asks the type - which I >choose freebsd. Suspiciously, it doesn't change the type on the >screen...and this is the crux of the problem. >The information doesn't take. When I get to the next screen where I get to >partition the FreeBSD slice, I can't see it. I only see the primary DOS >partition. >Can anyone shed some light on this? >Thanks very much in advance. >Jim > > >
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