whew! Gentlemen, its done, freeBSD 5.1 has been installed.PartitionMagic 8 did the trick though :( sad that I had to use windows.
anyway, this is what I did.(Daan deserves credit) 1.free disk space at the last logical drive of the extended partition. 2.resize the last logical drive to create unallocated space. 3.*here's the best part* Resize the Extended partition such that the unallocated part gets left out completely. 4.thats all, apply changes. please excuse me, I havent slept in 2 days and maybe I'm displaying bursts of euphoria. :D was hard though, but enjoyed every bit of it.Had to go through documentation about disk geometry,inodes and what not... anyway I'm thrilled. X config and all the rest was a breeze. setup GNOME , looks good. all set for a great ride. Thanks to Daan, Remko and Avinash couldnt have done it without you guys. ok think I'll stop. ;) cheers, toufeeq Its 9:30 am here, and I think I better go to sleep now cause the monitor seems to be spining around my head.just wanted to tell u guys about it. --- Avinash Piare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I had a similair problem as Remko described. I used > R-Linux. U can download it > from http://www.r-tt.com > > Put the hard drive, on which u can't reach the > certain partition, in a pc with > Windows installed on it, run R-Linux and u should be > able to see the drive and > partition that u couldn't read. > > Good luck ! > > Avinash Piare > ----------------------- > M [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Citeren Remko Lodder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Sorry to interupt, > > > > but i think that person x, since he has a weird > name ;-) , > > means that the partitioning device of freebsd > cannot access the extended > > partition > > at all. > > > > I had this with a friend of mine, and we could not > access the devices > > anymore since it was > > packed inside another partition (we migrated from > linux to freebsd) > > We needed to use a bit of software that could > re-enable our partition. > > Perhaps Avinash can reply with the software name/ > > > > Also it is possible that your partition is held > inside another one, > > > > how to resolve? No idea, i always started with a > clean hdd, or a new one > > when the current on needed to be saved. > > > > Hope it helped a little. > > Cheers > > > > > > -- > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Remko Lodder > > Elvandar.org/DSINet.org > > www.mostly-harmless.nl Dutch community for helping > newcomers on the > > hackerscene > > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > > Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Daan Vreeken > > [PA4DAN] > > Verzonden: zondag 11 januari 2004 14:07 > > Aan: 70uf33q Hu5541n > > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Onderwerp: [Freebsd-hackers] Re: FreeBSD 5.1 > Installation probelms > > > > > > On Sunday 11 January 2004 11:29, 70uf33q Hu5541n > wrote: > > > hey guys, > > > > > > Just got my copy of FreeBSD 5.1. > > > Spent about an hour going through the BSD > Handbook and > > > preparing a Installation checklist. > > > > > > ok here's my problem. > > > > > > I have a WD 40 GB HDD > > > the primary partition is 10 GB, with the > extended > > > partition 28 GB.(the rest 2 GB is in WD's bank). > > > > > > OK , the extended partition has 3 logical > drives. > > > To create a slice for BSD, I resized one of the > > > logical drives to free up some space. About 1.2 > > > GB,cause that's all I can spare. > > > > > > When I run the installation through CDROM, and > the > > > point where I'm to creat the Freebsd slice,the > new > > > partition is not displayed in the "FDISK" > utility. > > > > > > All I get is the primary (10GB) and the whole > Extended > > > (28 GB). > > > The freespace I guess is "locked into" the > Extended > > > Partiton. Not sure though. > > Indeed you first have to resize the extended > partition before you can use > > the > > space to create slices. The "fdisk" program that > comes with Windows has no > > way to do this (except deleting all logicle drives > in the extended partition > > and re-creating them). Have a look at the program > "Partition Magic". 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