Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 19:12:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Mohsin Rahman <mtech@buffnet.net> To: Darryl Hoar <darryl@osborne-ind.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Multi-OS question revisited Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10006011858510.27936-100000@buffnet7.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <001201bfcc0f$e0fdac00$070101c0@ruraltel.net>
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Darryl, I just did this 2 days ago. I had no problems. However, it is always best to atleast have working backups of your Win98 drive for the ooppsss scenario. I had a static IP, so I did not have to worry about installing it from the cdrom. Here are the steps I did: 1) Booted from the floppy, then when the install menu came up, I went to CUSTOM/EXPERT 2) There, under PARTITIONS, I selected da0 and then selected SET BOOTABLE and then QUIT, I was prompted for BootManager STANDARD or NONE, I selected BOOT MANAGER 3) Then it brouhgt me to da0 and da1 selection and this time I selected da1 and selected ALL to make it all dedicated to FreeBSD. When prompted for BootManager/Standard or None, I selected STANDARD 4) In the PARTITION section, it showed my da0 as a DOS drive, and I had da1 listed to create partitions on. I selected C for create and created: / 512MB /var 128MB swap 256MB /usr all 7GB+ of it You might have different sizes and even a /data /scratch or whatever you like. I tend to select the most basic, and then work off of that. 5) Went into Distributions and selected X-DEVELOPER and then also selected COMPAT1/COMPAT2/COMPAT3 and the like. ( You want to the DEVELOER/X-DEVELOPER option if you want the src installed. You will need it if you want to be able to compile the kernel). 6) Went into MEDIA and was prompted for which device and I selected fxp0 (remember, I had a dedicated IP) and filled in all the required info, 20 miutes later, I had FreeBSD 4.0 installed with X, Apache, PostgreSQL, PHP. Love this setup and it works great!!! Remember... BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP!!!!! On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Darryl Hoar wrote: > Greetings, > I checked the archive and Handbook and couldn't find what I needed. > I know its there but... > > I just received my FreeBSD 4.0 (from Walnut Creek although it says BSD > Inc on the case). > I have a machine with Win98SE on Hard Drive #1. I have a Hard Drive #2 > that I want to > install FreeBSD 4.0 on. Could someone please point me to the correct > reference for > this ? The Multi-OS page only talks about putting FreeBSD on a disk > with another > OS. It doesn't talk about the 2 disk setup. > > Thanks in advance, > Darryl > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > Mohsin AbdulRahman MTech@BuffNET.Net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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