On Wednesday 23 March 2005 06:44, Gary Kline wrote: > The first CD boots 5.3 ad brings up /stand/sysinstall. > Every options I have tries sees the "NTFS" as ad0s1. > > Is there another choice to chose to divvy up the drive > to give me more than three slices? This is where the > handbook gets muddy. > > Can anybody 'splain this better??
FreeBSD is not Linux. Linux uses the same partitioning as Windows, 4 primary partitions, or 3 primaries and an extended partition. FreeBSD has its own type of partitioning scheme which you could put directly onto the disk, but this is known as "dangerously-dedicated mode" since it isn't compatible with other non-bsd OSs and might cause problems with some BIOSes. Most people will install FreeBSD in what's known as a slice, this wraps a group of native BSD partitions inside a normal PC primary partition. You only need one slice for a FreeBSD installation. > Which sections should I print out and go in a corner to read? The one called "Installing FreeBSD" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
