Re: The installer can't find my partition
From: David Lord (snews_at_lordynet.demon.co.uk)
Date: 10/03/04
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Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 12:48:18 +0000 (GMT)
On Sunday, in article <fLQ7d.4797$d5.38738@newsb.telia.net>
andreasv@telia.com "Andreas" wrote:
> Hello
>
> I have runned Windows as longs a i can remember, but last night i found out
> that i wanted to try ut FreeBSD. I want to dual-boot, so i can use both
> OSes.
> So, i downloaded the CD's, burnt them and labeled them properly.
> I have three hard disks which had a total of ten partitions.
> These were:
>
> Disk1 (80 Gb it says, it's acctually ~75 Gb)
> C: 10 Gb, containing WindowsXP
> D: 10 Gb
> E: 30 Gb
> F: 5 Gb
> G: 20 GB
>
> Disk2 (80 Gb here to)
> H: 25 Gb
> I: 25 Gb
> J: 30 GB
>
> Disk 3 (120 Gb)
> K: 40 Gb
> L: 80 Gb
>
> All my partiotions were quite full of data, but after a while i managed to
> empty one of the partitions. It was the D: -partition, 10 Gb. This is were i
> want to install FreeBSD.
> I formatted this one, and deleted it, using "Administratve Tools" in
> Windows.
> Now i inserted the CD labeled "Boot Only", and rebooted my computer. The
> installer started. I was soon asked where i wanted to install FreeBSD. I
> choose my first hard disk.
> But, here's my problem:
> After selecting hard disk to install to, i get a message where it says that
> my hard disk geometry is wrong. I pressed OK and hoped that it wouldn't
> matter that much. After that, i got this Fdisk-screen. But it's just showing
> MBR (64 bytes or so), my first partition (the one with Windows on), a big
> partition at 60 Gb and some 21 Mb free space after that.
> Why does it show a 60Gb partition, and not 1x10 Gb with free space and these
> other partitions i've got on the first hard disk?
FreeBSD will only install to a primary partition. Your D: is most
likely a logical partition within a 60 GB extended partition
containing D: E: F: G:.
You can move/resize partitions to leave sufficient space for a
FreeBSD slice = primary partition. I usually have FreeBSD at end of
disk. There is a tool on the install disk to do this, FIPS, but it
is a risky exercise and you should backup first. In your case I'd
shrink D:, to retain your Windows drive names, so you end up with:
Primary C:
Extended: [ <Free Space> D: E: F: G: ]
Then move extended partition to start at end of <Free Space> giving:
Primary C:
<Free Space>
Extended: [ D: E: F: G: ]
When you next attempt to install FreeBSD you can change the
<Free Space> to be a FreeBSD slice and create FreeBSD partitions and
swap space by using the Disklabel program. There is a selection to
do this automatically.
David
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