Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 22:42:59 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: aheffner@lakefield.net Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Problems partioning Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970128224150.24983k-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19970124182607.0069cd9c@lakefield.net>
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On Fri, 24 Jan 1997 aheffner@lakefield.net wrote: > I'm trying to install FreeBSD ver 2.1.6-RELEASE but when i go through the > install program and it asks me to make a partion for freebsd, i click on a > partion which says "unused" and type 'C'. And it asks me to type in the > size, which i use 100M, and then the type of partion. But it it doesn't make > the partion 100mb it makes it 0mb. I have about 200mb of free disk space > which should be more than enough. This causes a problem in the next step > when you have to create a file system or whatever. I tried making the > partion different sizes, in megabytes and in block size, but nothing seems > to work. It shows the partion was created and names it FreeBSD but it's 0mb. > Am i doing something wrong? I read all the help files, but nothing seems to > help. Are you sure you were typing it correctly? Normally it wants cylinders, but I believe you can cheat and put in megabyte values IF AND ONLY IF you immediately follow the value with "MB", ie "400MB" in caps. Could be wrong, tho.... Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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