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Date:      Thu, 22 Oct 1998 10:54:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        charon@freethought.org
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: partitions and 3.0
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9810221054060.1458-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981019152647.00a04100@mail>

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On Mon, 19 Oct 1998 charon@freethought.org wrote:

> When I tried to install 3.0 using the novice option, I get what I believe
> to be an error in the FDISK partition editor.  All the partitions of the
> 3909 MB drive I'm using are read as _double_ their actual size (e.g. a
> 1024000 byte partition looks like it's 2048000 bytes).  I haven't gone any
> further in the installation process because I'd like to avoid wiping out
> both Win95 and WinNT, which are already installed (I'm prepared for them to
> be wiped out, I'd just rather avoid it).  I successfully installed 2.2.6
> and 2.2.7 on this same machine without any problems at all.  Can anyone
> explain this to me?

They're expressed as 512 byte blocks.
Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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