Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 13:19:16 EDT From: DukOnALake@aol.com To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: My system doesn't work. What's wrong??? Message-ID: <6e15864e.35bcb697@aol.com>
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Hi,
I have the FreeBSD Walnut Creek CD and have had no luck installing it.
Perhaps it is not possible. Following is a description of my system, could
you tell me if it is possible without major reorganization?
Intel 166MMX
64MB RAM
HDD0=2.5GB IDE
HDD1=6.5GB IDE
CD-ROMs (2)
Okay, the first HDD has a primary DOS partition C:=2GB and an extended
DOS partition D:=500MB. The second HDD has three extended DOS partitions E:,
F:, and G: The CD-ROMS are H: and I: and a networked machine's drive is J:
The primary DOS partition has 700MB free space, the total free space is 5GB.
Anyway, I bought the second HDD so I could install FreeBSD, but have had no
luck. I tried putting a primary DOS partition on the second drive but it
rearranged my drive letters, making D: into E: and calling the second primary
D: Well that hosed my day, so I went back to the original plan, only one
primary.
I RTFMmed on the cd/book/book.txt, pages 34-40 or so and stopped when
it said something like: it must be installed in the first 504 MB, repartition
using... I said, "oops". Should I bag it and get another machine to use for
UNIX? I have spent the better part of this year trying to understand and make
Windoze 95 into something I can stomach, and I hate to screw it all up.
I will really appreciate any advice that you can give me. Thank you
for your time.
Steven Minton
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