From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 12 21:45:26 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.eug.clipper.net (mail.clipper.net [216.116.33.121]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CE8C37B491 for ; Mon, 12 Feb 2001 21:45:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from 1p8sb01 (ppp37.comm02.eug.clipper.net [216.116.34.37]) by mail.eug.clipper.net (Switch-2.0.0/8.9.3) with SMTP id f1D5mkf14568 for ; Mon, 12 Feb 2001 21:48:46 -0800 Message-ID: <000f01c09580$84d9e980$252274d8@1p8sb01> From: "Thom Crandall" To: Subject: Installing FreeBSD 4.0 with WinME Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 21:47:56 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000C_01C0953D.7580E8A0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C0953D.7580E8A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello,=20 I am a new user to WinME and want to install FreeBSD 4.0 (from Greg = Lehey's 3rd edition CD's). Currently I only have one 20Gb (not SCSI L) = hd and only one partition (Pri DOS @ FAT32). I'd like to install = FreeBSD onto another hd (I have an Adaptec 2940U I'd like to use . . .), = but what I have been reading says I can not boot FreeBSD from partitions = beyond cylinder 1023 (<8Gb). Ok, then I need to partition my existing = hd, say into two partitions (only using <5Gb for WinME after cleanup and = defrag). FIPS does not seem to want to partition my WinME partition (or = can I just create a DOS logical ext partition??) and Partition Magic = seems risky (according to some USENET messages lately). Any ideas? If = so, the right steps to accomplish this would be helpful (I'd rather not = reinstall WinME again! if I can help it). Thanks in advance. Thom ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C0953D.7580E8A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hello,

I am a new user to WinME and want to install FreeBSD 4.0 (from = Greg=20 Lehey's 3rd edition CD's). Currently I only have one 20Gb (not = SCSI L) hd and only = one partition=20 (Pri DOS @ FAT32). I'd like to install FreeBSD onto another hd (I = have an=20 Adaptec 2940U I'd like to use . . .), but what I have been reading says = I can=20 not boot FreeBSD from partitions beyond cylinder 1023 (<8Gb). = Ok, then=20 I need to partition my existing hd, say into two partitions (only = using=20 <5Gb for WinME after cleanup and defrag). FIPS does not seem to = want to=20 partition my WinME partition (or can I just create a DOS logical ext=20 partition??) and Partition Magic seems risky (according to some USENET = messages=20 lately). Any ideas? If so, the right steps to accomplish = this would=20 be helpful (I'd rather not reinstall WinME again! if I can help=20 it).

Thanks in advance.

Thom

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