[ossig] Problem installing FreeBSD

[Lee Hanxue <hanxuel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have installed Mandrake 9.2. I wish to install FreeBSD 5.2.1 This is the layout of my harddisk:

            First    Last
 # Type     Sector   Sector   Offset  Length   Filesystem Type (ID)   Flags
-- ------- -------- --------- ------ --------- ---------------------- ---------
 1 Primary        0  4016249      63  4016250  Linux (83)      Boot (80)
 2 Primary  4016250 23760134       0 19743885  Extended (05)   None (00)
 5 Logical  4016250 20643524      63 16627275  Linux (83)      None (00)
 6 Logical 20643525 23085404      63  2441880  Linux (83)      None (00)
 7 Logical 23085405 23760134      63   674730  Linux swap (82) None (00)
 3 Primary 23760135 28659959       0  4899825  FreeBSD (A5)    None (00)
   Primary 28659960 78156224       0 49496265  Free Space      None (00)


I booted up using the FreeBSD installation disk, and proceed as usual. The installation process got hung when FreeBSD is writing to the 3rd primary partition (its own partition). I waited for more than 3 hours without response.

While using FreeBSD's fdisk, there was a message saying the 1st Primary partition might not be aligned properly. Do you think this might be the cause?

I know nothing about the physical layout of a harddisk and all the geometry stuff. Are there any alternatives for me?

By the way, the FreeBSD bootloader got installed succesfully, giving me an option to boot to (1) Linux or (3) FreeBSD. When I choose FreeBSD, it complained that the kernel is not found. Choosing (1) will load GRUB.


Any clues? Thank you in advance!


Stuck,
Hanxue


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