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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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