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by **Terry F** » Sun, 12 Sep 1999 04:00:00

I'd like to try FreeBSD 3.2, however I have some problems. Here's
what I'm trying to do:

Using two computers, I want to install FreeBSD onto a 400mhz
AMD that already has NT and OS/2 loaded. Problem is, I can't
"see" partition types like I did under Linux (there are linux
partitions already carved out that I want to install over).
How do I get to "see" partition's so I don't kill what I have
on the machine.

I tried to install on the "slow" computer using a linux machine
as a server. I think I copied all of the needed files
from the ftp.freebsd.org site to a NFS export directory. However,
the install dies trying to configure X on the target machine. If
I skip X, I get a FreeBSD box... so the question I guess is there
a map of what files I need to have so I can verify that I actually
have a usable copy of the distro? In addition, the ftp.freebsd.org
site's 3.2-RELEASE directory contains links, ncftp didn't seem
to be smart enough to follow links, its a pain to pull it down
in segments. Any way around this?

TIA, email replies welcome.

----------------------------------------------------------
Terry Fry
Baltimore, MD

by **Anil** » Sun, 12 Sep 1999 04:00:00

> I'd like to try FreeBSD 3.2, however I have some problems. Here's
> what I'm trying to do:

> Using two computers, I want to install FreeBSD onto a 400mhz
> AMD that already has NT and OS/2 loaded. Problem is, I can't
> "see" partition types like I did under Linux (there are linux
> partitions already carved out that I want to install over).
> How do I get to "see" partition's so I don't kill what I have
> on the machine.

You didnt give any other details, like how your HDDs are setup -
partitioned etc. So can't help here. Just a note though, if you
are installing it on a seperate hdd then the one with NT, then I
would suggest you disable that drive in bios and unplug it before
you start installing or playing fdisk so you will be sure that you
won't delete it.

Quote:
> I tried to install on the "slow" computer using a linux machine
> as a server. I think I copied all of the needed files
> from the ftp.freebsd.org site to a NFS export directory. However,
> the install dies trying to configure X on the target machine. If
> I skip X, I get a FreeBSD box... so the question I guess is there
> a map of what files I need to have so I can verify that I actually
> have a usable copy of the distro? In addition, the ftp.freebsd.org
> site's 3.2-RELEASE directory contains links, ncftp didn't seem
> to be smart enough to follow links, its a pain to pull it down
> in segments. Any way around this?

Depends on what you call "usuable copy of the distro". Normally just
getting the bin/ manpages/ directories are fine from the ftp site.
Later if you need osmtehing else you can either use CVS or download the
new distrubution from FTP.

Quote:
> TIA, email replies welcome.

> ----------------------------------------------------------
> Terry Fry
> Baltimore, MD

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