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| author | jkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-10-15 11:22:33 +0000 |
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| committer | jkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-10-15 11:22:33 +0000 |
| commit | 7249f1979662276cfa750d33e32e3fd274e1ace0 (patch) | |
| tree | f4e63e230fa9d311a55320036d6789aa2c985e30 /release/sysinstall/help | |
| parent | 02807a42047522de71fd98b83316b64fa4131e20 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-7249f1979662276cfa750d33e32e3fd274e1ace0.zip FreeBSD-src-7249f1979662276cfa750d33e32e3fd274e1ace0.tar.gz | |
Make the bit about DOS partitions somewhat clearer.
PR: 8333
Diffstat (limited to 'release/sysinstall/help')
| -rw-r--r-- | release/sysinstall/help/install.hlp | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/install.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/install.hlp index 11a39d5..9e0203f 100644 --- a/release/sysinstall/help/install.hlp +++ b/release/sysinstall/help/install.hlp @@ -58,10 +58,9 @@ important data first! We really mean it! FreeBSD requires a 386 or better processor to run (sorry, there is no support for '286 processors), 5 megs of RAM to install and 4 megs of -ram to run. You will need at least 80 megs of hard drive space free -on either a dedicated disk or a "primary," (not extended partition, -to use the DOS terminology). See below for ways to shrink existing -DOS partitions to install FreeBSD. +ram to run. You will need at least 80 megs of free hard drive space. +See below for ways of shrinking existing DOS partitions in order to +install FreeBSD. 0.1 Installing FreeBSD from CDROM or the Internet @@ -479,7 +478,7 @@ the filesystem you leave uncompressed. The rest of the filesystem will show up as one large file (the stacked/dblspaced file!). DO NOT REMOVE THAT FILE as you will probably regret it greatly! -It is probably better to create another uncompressed DOS primary +It is probably better to create another uncompressed DOS extended partition and use this for communications between DOS and FreeBSD if such is your desire. |
