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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Install woes
Date: 7 Nov 1995 23:50:37 +0100
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Jason Schlachet <schlacjs@lab35.cs.purdue.edu> wrote:
>When I run sysinstall from the boot floppy, I create the slice and the 
>console messages window shows the devices for slice 2 being made.. but 
>when I try to create partitions, it tries to write them to Slice 1!!

So why are you even attempting to create two slices?
-- 
cheers, J"org

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