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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news1.oakland.edu!newshub.gmr.com!news.delcoelect.com!c23peg From: c23peg@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (Perry Grieb) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: FreeBSD Hard Disk Partitions Date: 15 Jun 1995 14:03:03 GMT Organization: Delco Electronics Corp. Lines: 30 Distribution: usa Message-ID: <3rpein$31d@kocrsv08.delcoelect.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: koptsy15.delcoelect.com Originator: c23peg@koptsy15 I have a confession to make. I have been using Linux.... But I did buy the 2.0 CD from Walnut Creek. Now I know that 2.0.5 is out and much improved. Over the past several months, I installed a second IDE drive (both 420M). I ended up with a "slice" I guess you call it (partition) reserved for FreeBSD. However it is the 4th partition on the drive (allowing for DOS and swap space). After reading the 2.0 docs, I realize that this was the wrong thing to do. I could use fdisk and FIPS and redo the partitions, reformat, etc. Then I could move DOS to a higher numbered partition and install FreeBSD on the first partition. I could ftp 2.0.5 over 14.4K SLIP (and be done in time for xmas) and see if there are more flexible install options. Or I could post to the news group comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc and see what others suggest. Is there just some new install utility that I could ftp to put FreeBSD on a high number partition? Should I just bite the bullet and start over with the hard drive? Any suggestions are welcome. I really want to give FreeBSD a good look-see as I believe it is probably more stable Linux with it's roots/history. I'll probably wait till 2.1 to buy another CD, however. Thanks in advance. -- c23peg@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com "I wouldn't have made it up if it wasn't true."