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FreeBSD on Digit DVD

2 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/freebsd-on-digit-dvd.13603/

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akshar Original post #1
Aug 4, 2005 at 7:16 PM
I was very excited that I will now get a pure UNIX OS. However There were many problems in installation. My harddisk has got Windows XP installed on it and when I tried to install FreeBSD I could not instal the X-windows system My moniter just showed some weird things and I had to restart.

I noticed that 7GB of disk space is missing and my harddisk has got some geometry errors. Can someone put some light on what are geometry errors and how I can correct it?

Also Why freebsd with x-windows is not getting installed?

Is it neccessary that freebsd be installed in first 1024 cylinders?
mediator
mediator #2
Aug 5, 2005 at 10:13 PM
yeah man that must have been really getting on ur nerves!
Thats right it has to be installed on first 1024 cylinders because there lie the 4 primary partitions!
When i installed that bsd u guess what! The c: drive which had 98 and the e: which had Xp got swapped and thats true!xp rive 20 gb beacme c: and 98 on e: with 9 gb!
Well i managed to install the freebsd but it was all cmd prompt no GUI!
So my advice is better try things first on VMWARE!