Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 23:04:13 EST From: BriGuy1024@aol.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: pulsifer@mediaone.net Subject: Re: FIPS session ends w/ "Memory Allocation Error" Message-ID: <0.1d1755c7.256cbdbd@aol.com>
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>If you are going to install FreeBSD in the second partition,
>you want a primary partition, not an extended parition.
>DOS will not recognize any primary partition except its own.
>Reading though only the part quoted below, every thing looks
>correct.
>Allen
So, the partition that FIPS created is an extended partition? Any idea why
it would do that? Any idea of how to change it to a primary partition?
Brian
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> Subject: FIPS session ends w/ "Memory Allocation Error"
>
>
> I ran FIPS to split my 6.4gig hd. Win95b is the first OS, and I hope to
load
> FreeBSD on the new partition. The FIPS session seemed to go well, but
ended
> with:
>
> Repartioning complete
> With FAT32 partitions, you should now run scandisk on the shortened
partition
> Bye!
>
> Memory Allocation error
> Cannot load COMMAND, system halted.
>
> I had run FIPS from a: using a boot disk as recommended in fips.doc.
> I then rebooted normally, starting Windows95, and ran FDISK:
>
> Current Fixed Disk Drive: 1
> Partition Status Type Volume label Mbytes System
Usage
> C: 1 A PRI-DOS 4628
FAT32
> 75%
> 2 NON-DOS 1553
> 25%
>
> So, partition 2 is the newly created one, but it is listed as NON-DOS.
> According to fips.doc, fips is supposed to create a new primary DOS
> partition, which it seems not to have done in my case. Also, the new
> partition is supposed to be recognized by DOS after you reboot, but no new
> drives appear in Windows Explorer, just the same old A, C, and Q (cd rom).
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Subject: RE: FIPS session ends w/ "Memory Allocation Error"
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