Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 23:30:09 +0200 From: "Warren Brown" <treetops@icon.co.za> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Message-ID: <004d01be6686$33dc9ee0$03d81ac4@warren>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_004A_01BE6696.F1BBD920 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi I've got a 6 gig ide hard drive, when I initially installed BSD I just = chose automatic for everything. When I began to use BSD however, I quickly = ran out of disk space. It seems that BSD picks up my hard drive as a 2gig. = So I went to the web site and read the tips on how to use pfdisk to set up = my cy/hd/sec, which I did, it came to 787/255/63. When I did a re-installation, it picked up the drive parameters. But when I try to create the various partitions ie / swap var and usr it gives me a load = of error messages, one in particular is 'can't do without my init'. It = also complains about the bad disk file etc etc. So I installed linux to see if the same thing would happen, but linux = just accepted my real settings ie 13410 15 63, complained about the cylinders being over 1024 but carried on with the installation 100%. I then wiped linux and installed bsd on the default partition of 2gigs. How do I use the remaining 4gigs of hard drive space, without BSD complaining. I don't particularly want to switch back to linux because everything installs so nicely under BSD. Should I use the pfdisk utility = to create two 2gig partitions, then how do I newfs without getting all = those nasty messages. thanks WBrown ------=_NextPart_000_004A_01BE6696.F1BBD920 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3612.1700"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV>Hi<BR><BR>I've got a 6 gig ide hard drive, when I initially = installed BSD I=20 just chose<BR>automatic for everything. When I began to use BSD = however, I=20 quickly ran<BR>out of disk space. It seems that BSD picks up my = hard drive=20 as a 2gig. So<BR>I went to the web site and read the tips on how = to use=20 pfdisk to set up my<BR>cy/hd/sec, which I did, it came to = 787/255/63. When=20 I did a<BR>re-installation, it picked up the drive parameters. But = when I=20 try to<BR>create the various partitions ie / swap var and usr it gives = me a load=20 of<BR>error messages, one in particular is 'can't do without my = init'. It=20 also<BR>complains about the bad disk file etc etc.<BR>So I installed = linux to=20 see if the same thing would happen, but linux just<BR>accepted my real = settings=20 ie 13410 15 63, complained about the cylinders<BR>being over 1024 but = carried on=20 with the installation 100%.<BR>I then wiped linux and installed bsd on = the=20 default partition of 2gigs.<BR><BR>How do I use the remaining 4gigs of = hard=20 drive space, without BSD<BR>complaining. I don't particularly want to = switch=20 back to linux because<BR>everything installs so nicely under BSD. Should = I use=20 the pfdisk utility to<BR>create two 2gig partitions, then how do I newfs = without=20 getting all those<BR>nasty=20 messages.<BR><BR>thanks<BR><BR>WBrown<BR><BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_004A_01BE6696.F1BBD920-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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