From 7249f1979662276cfa750d33e32e3fd274e1ace0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jkh Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 11:22:33 +0000 Subject: Make the bit about DOS partitions somewhat clearer. PR: 8333 --- release/sysinstall/help/install.hlp | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'release/sysinstall/help') 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. -- cgit v1.1