Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 18:22:43 +0000 From: RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dual-boot troubles; /usr won't mount Message-ID: <200503231822.44143.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> In-Reply-To: <20050323064422.GA11110@thought.org> References: <20050323003314.GA9348@thought.org> <4240D81E.6060709@ec.rr.com> <20050323064422.GA11110@thought.org>
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On Wednesday 23 March 2005 06:44, Gary Kline wrote: > The first CD boots 5.3 ad brings up /stand/sysinstall. > Every options I have tries sees the "NTFS" as ad0s1. > > Is there another choice to chose to divvy up the drive > to give me more than three slices? This is where the > handbook gets muddy. > > Can anybody 'splain this better?? FreeBSD is not Linux. Linux uses the same partitioning as Windows, 4 primary partitions, or 3 primaries and an extended partition. FreeBSD has its own type of partitioning scheme which you could put directly onto the disk, but this is known as "dangerously-dedicated mode" since it isn't compatible with other non-bsd OSs and might cause problems with some BIOSes. Most people will install FreeBSD in what's known as a slice, this wraps a group of native BSD partitions inside a normal PC primary partition. You only need one slice for a FreeBSD installation. > Which sections should I print out and go in a corner to read? The one called "Installing FreeBSD"
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