Unable to create /usr partition

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Armus

I'm trying to install FreeBSD 8.0 (amd64) using VirtualBox, host OS is Windows Vista SP2 Home Premium(32-bit). The computer is a Compaq Presario CQ-50 laptop.

During installation, when I get to the "Disklabel Editor" I press A (Auto Defaults) and it says: "Unable to create the /usr partition. Not enough space? You will need to partition the disk manually with a custom install!"

The virtual disk is 2GB (too small?) and it's set to grow dynamically.
 
Yes. 2GB is too small. Both /var and /tmp are 1GB. If you have 1GB of RAM in that machine it'll try to create a 2GB swap too.
 
Give it a 10 GB virtual disk, and you should be fine. VirtualBox uses growing disk images, so a 10 GB max virtual disk won't really take up 10 gigs of your real hard drive space. Well, at least not until you really put 10 gigs worth of data into it.
 
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