From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 21 04:26:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA17987 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 04:26:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from serv.unibest.ru (serv.unibest.ru [194.87.33.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA17890 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 11:26:26 GMT (envelope-from osa@unibest.ru) Received: (qmail 24714 invoked from network); 21 Apr 1998 11:26:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hole.etrust.ru) (192.168.30.2) by serv.unibest.ru with SMTP; 21 Apr 1998 11:26:09 -0000 Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 15:30:37 +0400 (MSD) From: Ozz!!! X-Sender: osa@hole.etrust.ru To: Chris Roberts cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Win95 And Big Hard Disks In-Reply-To: <49761D30BC@een1.eee.nottingham.ac.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 21 Apr 1998, Chris Roberts wrote: > Hi, > I have a 5Gb hard disk which is a single FAT32 partition with > Win95 on it. I have downloaded the 2.2.6-Release files to it as per > your 'Preparing for Installation' details. I also have a smaller > (300Mb) hard disk on the secondary controller which I want to use for > the installation. I boot from the floppy and get through most of the > installation, including specifying which drive I want to use and > creating the partitions. I then went to the options screen to > specify the installation method. I selected MS-DOS partition and it > told me that there were none to install from! When I run FDisk from > DOS, however, it tells me that it is a primary DOS partition. > > I would be greatful if you could help. > > Many Thanks, Chris Roberts I think Windozes FAT32 _IS_NOT_ FAT in DOS !!! Rgdz, oZZ osa@unibest.ru To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message