Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 04:38:58 -0700 (PDT) From: dan@math.berkeley.edu (Dan Strick) To: reader@newsguy.com Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, dan@math.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: New install / Unrecognized fdisk terms Message-ID: <199809271138.EAA03195@math.berkeley.edu>
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> Attempting to install 3.0-19980923-BETA Since you are apparently new to FreeBSD, perhaps you should avoid unstable code by using 2.2.7-RELEASE or one of its successors in the "stable" snapshot series at ftp://releng22.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/. > I'm starting with this setup: > Using linux naming convention for lack of knowing any other. > > Two HDDs One devoted to win/dos (not shown) one devoted to Redhat > Linux, but with a 1000MB space (Linux partitioned and with data on it > but expendable) > > That disk is broken up like so: > > > Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hdb1 1 1 767 3092512+ 5 Extended > /dev/hdb5 1 1 9 36225 82 Linux swap > /dev/hdb6 10 10 467 1846624+ 83 Linux native > /dev/hdb7 468 468 476 36256+ 82 Linux swap > /dev/hdb8 477 477 680 822496+ 83 Linux native > /dev/hdb9 681 681 767 350752+ 83 Linux native > > > /dev/hdb1 is an extende partition encompassing the whole Disk.The > partitions at /dev/hdb 8 9 (total about 1200MB) are available for BSD > install. I don't think the FreeBSD installation or bootstrap code can deal with DOS-Extended partitions. FreeBSD likes to be installed in FreeBSD partitions. Once it is up and running, you can hack it to access any part of the disk by editing FreeBSD disk labels. In this particular case, I would make space for a FreeBSD partition by: 1) backing up all my Linux partitions, 2) booting the Linux installtion program off the Redhat cd-rom and using the Linux fdisk program to: 2a) delete the extended partition (hdb1), 2a) create a shorter extended partition (hdb1) with only 476 cyl, 2c) create hdb5..7 on exactly the same cylinders as before, 3) boot the FreeBSD installation floppy and do a "novice" intallation in a single FreeBSD partition. Dan Strick dan@math.berkeley.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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