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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!dhawk From: dhawk@netcom.com (David H) Subject: INSTALL Problems: Hard Disk Partitions Message-ID: <dhawkDG6u8p.A2w@netcom.com> Organization: Decline to State Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 15:41:13 GMT Lines: 13 Sender: dhawk@netcom13.netcom.com OK, my PC (Windows NT) can find the CD-ROM and booting from a root floppy allows me to start the install program, but I'm unfamiliar with the DOS partitioning scheme (more a UNIX type, myself). If I select 'A' to give all of the disk to FreeBSD then it won't Commit because there's not a swap partition. I've got a 400 MB IDE drive, so how can I set it up to be all FreeBSD? later, david -- David Hawkins dhawk@netcom.com "Gort, klaatu barada nikto." -- The Day the Earth Stood Still