Return to BSD News archive
Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!enews.sgi.com!ix.netcom.com!news From: John Baker <baker-j@ix.etcom.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: freebsd won't install from 2.1.5 cdrom Date: Tue, 03 Dec 1996 21:33:37 -0800 Organization: Netcom Lines: 22 Message-ID: <32A50D31.29E2@ix.etcom.com> References: <849243422.10628@dejanews.com> Reply-To: baker-j@ix.netcom.com NNTP-Posting-Host: col-oh4-10.ix.netcom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-NETCOM-Date: Tue Dec 03 8:35:49 PM CST 1996 X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I; 16bit) To: curt.finch@tkg.com curt.finch@tkg.com wrote: > I've partitioned my Dell Win95 HD into two 1 meg portions, > 1 for WINdoze and 1 for Freebsd. They show up currently > as the C and D drives in both Windows and MSDOS. If I > boot in DOS and follow the instructions to install FreeBSD > on D: from the CDROM (E:) the fastboot hangs. I'm the first one to admit that I've barely got my feet in the water with FreeBSD, so this may be completely wrong. :) I seem to remember in the installation instructions that you had to keep the root partition within the first 1024 cylinders, or 504 megs due to a BIOS restriction. So you set up a small MS-DOS/Win/Whatever partitition to boot from, then your BSD slice as big as you want it (but making sure root is within the 504), and then use the rest of the disk as an extended MS partition. -- John Baker **I boycott businesses that send me unsolicited email advertisements** "Honey, I never drive faster than I can see, and besides, it's all in the reflexes." - Jack Burton