Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 19:44:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Joaquin Roig <74173.3311@compuserve.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: cannot install Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970910194305.15258O-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199709081934_MC2-1FAA-E035@compuserve.com>
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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. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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