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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: cannot install
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On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, Joaquin Roig wrote:

> My machine is a custom-made iP6-200MHz, 32MB RAM, Tekram 390U SCSI
> controller, Micropolis Tomahawk 4.5GB SCSI hard disk, Plextor Plex12 SCSI
> CD-ROM and Tseng LAbs ET6000 based 128-bit graphics card.  I currently have
> Win95 and WinNT installed and runing and want to install FreeBSD. 

OK.

> I
> downloaded the floppy image and the fix-it image along with a boot image
> with the drivers for my SCSI controller and began installing FreeBSD with a
> "Novice Installation" option, but when I get the warning about continuing
> installing the installation process aborts and it tells me it couldn't
> create the partitions. 

Is there unallocated partition space on the disk?  It has to be one better
than just `free space' on your Windows partitions; it needs to be
completely unallocated.  If you're on FAT you can use FIPS to split out
the spare space into a new partition, which you can then delete.  If
you're on another FS type, get Partition Magic.

> I created one 180MB partition for FreeBSD (although
> it is not formatted I specified the system to create a new file system) and
> within this partition I created one 30MB swap and 150MB root and usr, etc.
> slices with the label editor.  What can I do to install FreeBSD on my
> system? 

Try deleting that partition and try again.

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