Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 02:16:15 +0100 From: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> To: leeoliveshackelford@surewest.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing 9.1 without re-partitioning hard drive Message-ID: <CAE63ME7xK9jPnPhXC-yLY7m4vknzOAeQfQFJATM=tEenmGzEuQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20130314164436.DEM37662@ms5.mc.surewest.net> References: <20130314164436.DEM37662@ms5.mc.surewest.net>
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On Mar 15, 2013 12:48 AM, <leeoliveshackelford@surewest.net> wrote: > > Good afternoon, FreeBSD enthusiasts. I am attempting to install FreeBSD 9.1 on a dual-boot configuration with Windows XP. I am using bsdinstall. I do not wish for the partition table to be changed. How do I instruct bsdinstall to skip the re-partitioning step? It gives an error message that it cannot write a certain file because the medium is write-only. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Yours truly, Newby Lee > You're trying to install to your windows partition, that won't work. You need free space on the drive which implies shrinking your existing partition.
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