Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 11:14:46 -0400 From: "Jud" <jud@myrealbox.com> To: justsovanilla@yahoo.co.in Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Re: Re: Installing on a logical DOS partition Message-ID: <1027437286.70211ffcjud@myrealbox.com>
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-----Original Message----- From: "Piyush" <justsovanilla@yahoo.co.in> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Jud" <jud@myrealbox.com> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 20:31:59 +0530 Subject: Re: Re: Re: Installing on a logical DOS partition It amounts to exactly the same thing - when the installation is done you'll have a FreeBSD "slice" where the DOS "partition" was. You'll be shown a screen during the installation that lists the partitions (Windows language) or slices (FreeBSD language) on your machine, which will show an area on the disk being used for DOS. First delete the DOS partition, then create a FreeBSD slice in the emptied space (it's very quick and simple). Then proceed with the rest of the installation. Jud The program shows the primary dos partition and extended dos partition but not any logical partitions under the extended partition......the logical partition on which I wish to install Fbsd is the last one.......if I delete a 'slice' of a particular size will fbsd delete any other partitions? Thanx....... Piyush __________________________________________________ Hi, Piyush. You may have read my next response by now, where I said my answer above may have steered you wrong - or perhaps you deleted it, thinking it was a duplicate. Anyhow, since the FreeBSD install program is not showing the DOS logical partition, then deleting it is definitely *NOT* a good idea - it'll probably hose whatever else you have on your machine. I can think of two alternatives. (There may well be others.) The first is to delete the DOS logical partition either with DOS fdisk or with a utility such as Partition Magic or the (cheaper and IMO excellent) BootitNG from TeraByte Unlimited. Then using the partitioning utility, resize the extended partition to leave room for your FreeBSD install. The second alternative might work if you have Linux handy and it groks Windows logical and extended partitions (I don't know anything about Linux). Try deleting the DOS partition, changing it to a Linux partition, and see if FreeBSD understands it. If it does, install there. Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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