Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-29 Thread Ian Smith
In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 278, Issue 4, Message 2 On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:36:00 +0800 (WST) Bret Busby wrote: > On Sat, 26 Sep 2009, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > > Bret Busby wrote: > >> Hello. > >> > >> I have been interested in installing FreeBSD on my laptop (HP/Compaq > >> NX5000, 2MB

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-29 Thread Tim Judd
On 9/29/09, Polytropon wrote: > Honestly, I've never seen the need for extended DOS partitions. > Let's say you intendedly want to run a multi-OS system, then > you can install four systems, each one in its own slice, and > within the slice, the partitiions, if needed and supported. By using

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-29 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:36:00 +0800 (WST), Bret Busby wrote: > See > http://busby.net/bret/Screenshot--dev-sda-GParted.png I think I do understand. You have: 1. a primary DOS partition which contains a NTFS file system 2. an extended DOS partition containing "subpar

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-28 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Bret Busby wrote: > On Sat, 26 Sep 2009, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > >> >> Bret Busby wrote: >>> Hello. >>> >>> I have been interested in installing FreeBSD on my laptop (HP/Compaq >>> NX5000, 2MB RAM), in a free 20MB partition. >> >> I really hope you meant Gb here ;) >> >>> >>> I noticed that the Li

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-28 Thread Bret Busby
On Sat, 26 Sep 2009, Manolis Kiagias wrote: Bret Busby wrote: Hello. I have been interested in installing FreeBSD on my laptop (HP/Compaq NX5000, 2MB RAM), in a free 20MB partition. I really hope you meant Gb here ;) I noticed that the Linux Format magazine to which I subscribe, in Issue

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-28 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 10:01:18PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > Hello. > > I have been interested in installing FreeBSD on my laptop (HP/Compaq > NX5000, 2MB RAM), in a free 20MB partition. > > I noticed that the Linux Format magazine to which I subscribe, in Issue > 124, comes with FreeBSD 7.2

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-26 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:01:18 +0800 (WST), Bret Busby wrote: > From what I understand, FreeBSD (and possibly all BSD) uses hard > disc slices rather than partitions, and therefore cannot > easily be installed in a free partition, but needs for > hard disc slices to be used. I see a terminology pr

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-26 Thread RW
On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:01:18 +0800 (WST) Bret Busby wrote: > Hello. > > I have been interested in installing FreeBSD on my laptop (HP/Compaq > NX5000, 2MB RAM), in a free 20MB partition. > > I noticed that the Linux Format magazine to which I subscribe, in > Issue 124, comes with FreeBSD 7.2 on

Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-26 Thread Bret Busby
Hello. I have been interested in installing FreeBSD on my laptop (HP/Compaq NX5000, 2MB RAM), in a free 20MB partition. I noticed that the Linux Format magazine to which I subscribe, in Issue 124, comes with FreeBSD 7.2 on the DVD. From what I understand, FreeBSD (and possibly all BSD) uses

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-26 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Bret Busby wrote: > Hello. > > I have been interested in installing FreeBSD on my laptop (HP/Compaq > NX5000, 2MB RAM), in a free 20MB partition. I really hope you meant Gb here ;) > > I noticed that the Linux Format magazine to which I subscribe, in > Issue 124, comes with FreeBSD 7.2 on the DVD