From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 29 23:12:40 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA10065 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 23:12:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA10059; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 23:12:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id XAA00731; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 23:12:40 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 23:12:40 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: AJ Klein cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Partitions In-Reply-To: <32763A84.38E6@csc-milw.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 29 Oct 1996, AJ Klein wrote: > Hello. I'm trying to install FreeBSD on a 64Mb partition on my computer. That is not big enough. > When I got to the portion of the installation program that requires > sub-partitions, the Auto feature told me it didn't have enough room to > automatically create the sub partitions and I'd have to create these > partitions myself. What sub-partitions do I need? I tried using the F1 > help screen for advice, but the installation program said it didn't have > the help file. (I used the boot4.flp.) Please help. You are on 2.1.0 as well, try upgrading to 2.1.5. You really need to use a bigger partition; 64mb will get the binaries in and nothing else, ie your own files or other programs. Are you sure you want to do that? Questions like these should be addressed to questions@freebsd.org. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major