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From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Problem with install
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 09:21:18 -0700
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Nate Hillila wrote:
> 
> I am trying to install ver 2.1.  The floppy boots fine, then I choose
> novice installation.  The problem is when I try to select a partition
> for it.  I have about 120MB free disk space on my only hard drive, but
> the installer  detects that I have no free space.  What am I doing
> wrong?

Is that "free space" part of a defined partition already? To use space 
for FreeBSD (or any other operating system), it can't already be 
allocated to an existing OS on the drive.

At this point, probably your easiest approach is to defrag your drive and 
then use the fips utility.
-- 

Ken

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