Re: Invalid partition table error when creating more than oneslice during install?
On 2003-08-11, at 00:41:57, Doug White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 10 Aug 2003, Darren Pilgrim wrote: On 2003-08-10, at 15:29:32, Doug White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 9 Aug 2003, Darren Pilgrim wrote: I'm trying to get 5.1-R installed, but I've run into a problem I don't understand. The disk layout I want should look like this: s1: 20gb, FreeBSD s2: 10gb, Windows s3: ~83gb (the rest of the disk), data with what tool are you creating s2 and s3? It sounds like the last thing that touches it is not creating a proper partition table and your BIOS is unhappy. Sysinstall, as part of the installation process. Hm. sysinstall is famously bad at making slice tables. The usual solution is to make the Windows partitions first using DOS FDISK on a zeroed disk -- it can usually get the geometry right. I used fdisk(8) from my existing 5.0 install and it worked great! It even dealt with my being lazy and not taking the time to calculate boundary-aligned sizes. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Invalid partition table error when creating more than oneslice during install?
On Sat, 9 Aug 2003, Darren Pilgrim wrote: I'm trying to get 5.1-R installed, but I've run into a problem I don't understand. The disk layout I want should look like this: s1: 20gb, FreeBSD s2: 10gb, Windows s3: ~83gb (the rest of the disk), data with what tool are you creating s2 and s3? It sounds like the last thing that touches it is not creating a proper partition table and your BIOS is unhappy. -- Doug White| FreeBSD: The Power to Serve [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.FreeBSD.org ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Invalid partition table error when creating more than oneslice during install?
On 2003-08-10, at 15:29:32, Doug White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 9 Aug 2003, Darren Pilgrim wrote: I'm trying to get 5.1-R installed, but I've run into a problem I don't understand. The disk layout I want should look like this: s1: 20gb, FreeBSD s2: 10gb, Windows s3: ~83gb (the rest of the disk), data with what tool are you creating s2 and s3? It sounds like the last thing that touches it is not creating a proper partition table and your BIOS is unhappy. Sysinstall, as part of the installation process. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Invalid partition table error when creating more than oneslice during install?
On Sun, 10 Aug 2003, Darren Pilgrim wrote: On 2003-08-10, at 15:29:32, Doug White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 9 Aug 2003, Darren Pilgrim wrote: I'm trying to get 5.1-R installed, but I've run into a problem I don't understand. The disk layout I want should look like this: s1: 20gb, FreeBSD s2: 10gb, Windows s3: ~83gb (the rest of the disk), data with what tool are you creating s2 and s3? It sounds like the last thing that touches it is not creating a proper partition table and your BIOS is unhappy. Sysinstall, as part of the installation process. Hm. sysinstall is famously bad at making slice tables. The usual solution is to make the Windows partitions first using DOS FDISK on a zeroed disk -- it can usually get the geometry right. -- Doug White| FreeBSD: The Power to Serve [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.FreeBSD.org ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
