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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!alpha.sky.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-chi-13.sprintlink.net!mcsun!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD on > 500mb HDDs Date: 28 Aug 1996 11:53:46 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 34 Message-ID: <5018fq$dm@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <322347AD.344@injersey.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Chris Rehbein (crehbein@injersey.com) wrote: : For some reason, (I am a FreeBSD newbie) the installation for FreeBSD : changes my FDISK partitioned 1.7gb Quantum HDD from one boot-level 426mb : partition (for FreeBSD) and one extended DOS partition with 3 equal : partitions with the remaining disk space to one 24 mb FreeBSD partition : and leaves the rest of the HDD (only 480mb!!!) unavailable. Is this : caused by an incompatibility with FreeBSD and my DTC EIDE hard card, or : is it just a FreeBSD shortcoming? I'm running Win95 on a C drive, : running (trying, FreeBSD won't install naturally on 24mb) FreeBSD on D: : bootable partitioned drive. Also, if someone can point me to a FAQ or : something that assists in repartitioning a hard drive with an existing : FAT partition for FreeBSD, that would be very helpful... : CRehbein It sounds like you've given FreeBSD an invalid drive geometry. If you want to share a disk, you have to share geometry values. There's a program called FIPS that will alter your allocated DOS partitions so that you have room for FreeBSD. However, don't try to use a "shrunken" partition from FreeBSD unless you've got ba*ls of steel and a really good sense of humour ! What was the bit about 24mb ? 24mb of memory shouldn't be a problem. The only "gotcha" is that if you've got an ISA bus-mastering device (SCSI card, NIC etc.), you must build in BOUNCE_BUFFERS to any new kernel that you build (see the LINT file). One other thing - if you are installing on a second disk, make sure that you get the boot manager stuff right :) BOOTEASY (if you use it) must be installed on *both* disks. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....