From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 23 10:49:53 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id KAA04221 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 23 Jan 1995 10:49:53 -0800 Received: from clem.systemsix.com (clem.systemsix.com [198.99.86.131]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id KAA04209 for ; Mon, 23 Jan 1995 10:49:46 -0800 Received: from clem.systemsix.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clem.systemsix.com (8.6.5/8.6.5) with ESMTP id LAA22117; Mon, 23 Jan 1995 11:30:50 -0700 Message-Id: <199501231830.LAA22117@clem.systemsix.com> To: "Guenter Marx" cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: BSD Installation 2.0 In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 23 Jan 1995 08:53:06 +0100." Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 11:30:48 -0700 From: Steve Passe Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk hello, > Then I choose ASSIGN and I'm asked which partition. > I really don't know what I have to enter at this point. > If I enter the letter c or d then it says INVALID PARTITION. . If I enter a number it says INVALID PARTITION. > If I enter the letter a,b or e-h it says INVALID PARTITION TYPE. you want to ASSIGN partition: a / b swap e /usr assumming the simplest installation. BUT first you have to SIZE(? i foget actual wording) a, b, and e: a should be at least 16MB b should be at least 2 * real memory, ie if 8MB machine it should be at least 16MB. I prefer MUCH more, on a 16MB machine with many X-clients I use 48-64MB. e will be remainder of your partition. in the version I used last (950112-SNAP) I had problems with the e partition holding all the disk space and NOT allowing me to set b. I don't think this is a problem if you SIZE a,b,c in order, but if it is merely decrease the size of the partition you want to take from, then size the one your giving it to. NOTE: you do NOT want to attempt to re-size c or d! WHen done a+b+e should = c. Steve Passe smp@clem.systemsix.com