Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 14:06:41 +0100 From: "Daan Vreeken [PA4DAN]" <Danovitsch@Vitsch.net> To: 70uf33q Hu5541n <topa_007@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.1 Installation probelms Message-ID: <200401111406.41156.Danovitsch@Vitsch.net> In-Reply-To: <20040111102937.89684.qmail@web12706.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040111102937.89684.qmail@web12706.mail.yahoo.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sunday 11 January 2004 11:29, 70uf33q Hu5541n wrote: > hey guys, > > Just got my copy of FreeBSD 5.1. > Spent about an hour going through the BSD Handbook and > preparing a Installation checklist. > > ok here's my problem. > > I have a WD 40 GB HDD > the primary partition is 10 GB, with the extended > partition 28 GB.(the rest 2 GB is in WD's bank). > > OK , the extended partition has 3 logical drives. > To create a slice for BSD, I resized one of the > logical drives to free up some space. About 1.2 > GB,cause that's all I can spare. > > When I run the installation through CDROM, and the > point where I'm to creat the Freebsd slice,the new > partition is not displayed in the "FDISK" utility. > > All I get is the primary (10GB) and the whole Extended > (28 GB). > The freespace I guess is "locked into" the Extended > Partiton. Not sure though. Indeed you first have to resize the extended partition before you can use= the=20 space to create slices. The "fdisk" program that comes with Windows has n= o=20 way to do this (except deleting all logicle drives in the extended partit= ion=20 and re-creating them). Have a look at the program "Partition Magic". It c= an=20 resize partitions and it has a nice user interface. grtz, Daan
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200401111406.41156.Danovitsch>