Dual Boot ( Win XP and freeBSD)
hey all i'm new here ! i need your help ........
i have 60 GB harddisk with 4 partitions are C,D,E,F (Windows XP Pro with NTFS). and i've leaved 6 GB (unallocated) in my harddisk for freeBSD 5.3 after that, i created it with partition magic. The instalation proccess was prompt me to create partition but i fear to take a speculation to create the partition(s) because i want the freeBSD 5.3 installing in 6 GB that was i created previously, so my harddisk partitions as follow : C : NTFS (Windows XP) as Primary Extended D : NTFS E : NTFS F : NTFS unallocated (6 GB) and in the freeBSD installation proccess to created partition look like this : Code:
Disk name : ad0 btw, sorry for my poor english :( |
AFAIK the BSDs can only be installed on a primary partition (not an extended partition) so you'll need to redo your partitioning scheme so that there's a primary partition to install FreeBSD on.
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oh guys thanks very much for your quick reply but caouse i still newbie so can you give an example about that ( list of the partitions on my harddisk and still 6 GB for freeBSD 5.3)
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oh sorry, can i create the freeBSD partitions, include the freeBSD filesystems in my windows xp, if can what the tool i must used ?
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You can't make FreeBSD filesystems in Windows because FreeBSD uses its own custom partitioning scheme. You can read more about it in the FreeBSD Handbook (on www.freebsd.org natch). But basically, what you want to do is use fdisk to create another primary partition and then let the FreeBSD installer do what it needs to do with this partition. You can also just create free space and then run fdisk from inside the FreeBSD install program (that's what I recall at least, it's been awhile since I've installed FreeBSD).
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okay thanks guys. i've succesfully installing FreeBSD 5.3 dual boot with windows xp on my machine now. but after installation finished, i can't get the GUI desktop. i want use GDM and Gnome, so what must i do.
oh yeah, i installed all FeeBSD 5.3 Packages ! |
You need to create a text file in your home directory called .xinitrc
and in this file you just want it to say "gnome-session" I belive that is what has to be in it, anyone can feel free to correct me if thats not the exact syntax or if I missed something Did you install gnome in your bsd install? if you didnt you will need to type sysinstall into the prompt and then go to post install and find where you install Xwindows stuff and install gnome! |
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so must i install it again with sysinstall ? |
well if you installed all packages you should have Gnome already installed then
so what you have to do is put that file in your home directory try this at your comand prompt type "ee" when that opens up type in "exec gnome-session" I think you then hit ctrl and L to exit if not read the top i think it says the comands its ctrl and something then save it as ".xinitrc" (note there is a dot before the name) If you dont already have it installed then you have to go into sysinstall then post install(but if you installed everything then you should have it I belive) you will find out when it lets you into gnome or denies you!! |
this's tye steps was i did to run gnome in my FreeBSD 5.3
#Xorg -configure #cp xorg.conf.new /usr/X11/xorg.conf #whereis .xinitrc and the result is .xinitrc not found in my machine, so i created .xinitrc with vi editor, after that #echo "exec gnome-session" > ~/.xinitrc #startx and i the gnome can run but i found error about /etc/host and i don't know how to resolve it ! and i've read a comment in a site about starting graphical automatically when we start computer. the comment like this Quote:
and i want use gdm as the login manager, cause i dislike xdm but the gdm is not found in my FreeBSD machine, i've searched it with whereis command, i don't know why, so ? |
okay i've succesfully make gnome started after starttx command but with this error :
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Could not look up internet address for home.This will prevent GNOME from operating correctly. Code:
# my another problem i want gnome start automaticall every time machine boot ups, so i've edited the /etc/ttys line : Code:
ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure Code:
ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure Code:
xsetroot -solid black & then xdm succesfully displayed, so i enter root in box name and enter "root password" in password box, then i press enter, BUT the xdm login prompt appear again, i can't entering my gnome desktop, so i try again to enter the root and the passwd in the box but i got the same problem so, i want edit the /etc/ttys (xdm) again to the default setting (off), but i don't know how to do it, cause i can't entering to console or gnome desktop, so what must i do ? and what is the right value/setting in .xsession and /etc/ttys file, so that the gnome can be run automatically when every time my machine boot ups ? oh yeah, i dislike xdm, so i wanna use gdm but i gdm does not exist in my FreeBSD 5.3 machine, i know it after find it with whereis command, though i've chosen all FreeBSD 5.3 packages in the installation proccess. i've searched gdm in /usr/local/bin but not found, also ini /usr/X11R6/share/gnome and not found too, also in /usr/X11R6/bin/gdm and still not found. so i try to install it : Code:
#cd /usr/ports/x11/gdm2 Code:
>> attempting to fetch ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/po...atest/gdm.tbz:
and sorry for my poor english |
The etc hosts problem might be that
# ::1 localhost my.domain 127.0.0.1 localhost my.domain needs to have the part that says my.domain on those 2 lines changed to whatever it says at your comand prompt, sounds like yours says "home" ???? if so change that to # ::1 localhost home 127.0.0.1 localhost home That might be the problem, but I am not sure... |
The freebsd handbook has most of the answers to your questions. if you want to start gdm, take a look at this article.
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all my problems above has been resolved but now i want to start GDM and in FreeBSD Handbook there's NO explanation about that. i confused because in my machine there's NO gdm file, i've searched it with whereis command. and i've tried to install gdm :
#cd /usr/ports/x11/gdm2 #make install clean but i receive error like this : Code:
>> attempting to fetch from http://www.t.ring.gr.jp/archives/X/g...urces/gdm/2.6. thanks |
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