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I am trying to install Free Unixware 2.1.2 on a Dell Inspiron with a
6GB hard drive.  In order to get it to recognize the drive and
CD-ROM, I had to manually configure 2 ide devices (IRQ 14 & 15).  It
then prompts me with three choices, (a) use the whole disk for
UnixWare, (b) reset the disk geomentry, or (c) quit installation.
If I select (a), then when I choose "Disk 1 Partitions" it ignores
my current partition table, and defaults to a single 6GB Unix
Partition.  If I choose (b) it threatens to rewrite the partitions,
destroying all existing data, and reboot.  There is no choice for
using or modifying my existing partitions.

My current partition table contains 4 partitions:
        DOS/Windows98 FAT-16: 2GB
        FreeBSD: 2GB
        Empty: 2GB
        Power Saver Save-to-Disk Suspend:72MB
I want to install to the empty 2GB partition.  I have tried setting
that to be the active partition.  Since it originally shipped as a
FAT-16 partition, I used FreeBSDs fdisk to change it to a unix (99)
partition.  No help.

Both DOS and FreeBSD fdisk recognize the correct partition table.
Any suggestions on how to get UnixWare to install to the empty
partition?

P.S. What is the difference between comp.unix.{sco,unixware}.*, and
which should I be posting to?  The FAQ is very unclear.

--
Daniel M. Israel                "It's raining in Tucson."

University of Arizona          
Tucson, AZ                      

Delete the empty partition altogether so that you have only 3 partitions
on your disk and 2 GB of unallocated area.  Then let the UnixWare install
process find it and ask you about it.  UnixWare has its own partition editor
(called fdisk) that the install process will invoke if you have partitions
already on your disk but enough unallocated space for UNIX.

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Scott G. Hall
GTE Government Systems
North Carolina Systems Center