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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!yeshua.marcam.com!zip.eecs.umich.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!messina From: messina@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk) Subject: FreeBSD installation and DOS (was: Re: More *BSD installation grief) Message-ID: <messinaCE6F7x.5CI@netcom.com> Organization: Messina Software References: <280eic$eu4@acsc.com> <CDx5xB.LMq@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1993 16:59:56 GMT Lines: 20 pitts@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu (Jim Pitts) writes: >Note: When I installed FreeBSD I ran into the following problem. FreeBSD >will not install itself over exsisting partitions by default. When forced >to do so, it started the FreeBSD partition at cluster 1. The machine, once >all was installed from the install floppies, would go into a cyclic reboot. >The solution: When FreeBSD install asks you for the number of clusters to >use, give it ALL and it will start at 0 (this is what I did). I do not know >what to do if you want to keep DOS around ... What if DOS is only kept on drive 1, and drive 0 is given entirely to FreeBSD? I am using DOS right now on my 200 MB IDE Conner. I would like to add a new drive (200 or 300 IDE) as drive 0 and would move the existing one to the second position. Would that be a problem for FreeBSD? Anything I should be aware of in this scenario? Thanks! t.