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On my pc-bsd box, I installed VirtualBox and trying to install FreeBSD 8.2 STABLE in 10GB space.

During installation, I selected all the default settings, it looks like this: Disk layout

But after this, I get this error:

error

How can I overcome it?

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Is there a reason ad0s1c doesn't exist? Also, you might want to consider making individual virtual hard drives in VirtualBox instead of using partitions. – MaxMackie Nov 22 '11 at 12:48
@MaxMackie you misunderstand the BSD meaning of a "partition" - using linux nomenclature, it is all on a single disk partition. The disk partitions on BSD systems are called slices - all the above filesystems are on a single slice. – rozcietrzewiacz Nov 22 '11 at 13:09
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@MaxMackie Yes, there is a reason why ad0s1c is not visible - it represents all the remaining part of the disk. Read how the BSD partitions, more often called disklabels are arranged. – rozcietrzewiacz Nov 22 '11 at 13:16
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@hari How did you create the virtual disk - is it fixed size, or not? Also, did you properly set the virtual machine type to FreeBSD? – rozcietrzewiacz Nov 22 '11 at 13:18
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I asked about the disk type because I thought it must be fixed for FreeBSD, but I see no evidence of this. Instead, what all such problem cases indicate is that you probably did not commit disklabel changes to disk before proceeding with the installation. Repeat that. – rozcietrzewiacz Nov 22 '11 at 23:45
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Deleted that instance and tried another installation which worked fine. Sometimes its the only thing that can help you. Thanks for all the help. I am responding to this question so that it stays in record and someone else hitting this issue can get some help.

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