From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 13 23:06:56 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09B3116A4CE for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 23:06:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EFE843D1F for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 23:06:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) j1DN6qRg095930; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 00:06:52 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D27A36240; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 00:08:05 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 00:08:05 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Marty Landman Message-ID: <20050213230805.GA59417@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Marty Landman , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <6.2.0.14.0.20050213172259.01e14d90@mail.face2interface.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.0.20050213172259.01e14d90@mail.face2interface.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! Organization: Me, organized? X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to set up a dual boot system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 23:06:56 -0000 --d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 05:40:13PM -0500, Marty Landman wrote: > I have a box with 3 ide's >=20 > primary master - 4 gb, win 98 currently installed @ 150 mb in size >=20 > primary slave - 4 gb, empty >=20 > secondary slave - 6 gb, empty >=20 > Can I install fbsd (5.2) and set up dual booting from where I'm at now? O= r=20 > should I install win 98 after fbsd? Also will I need to dedicate an entir= e=20 > 4 or 6 gb ide to win 98? A quarter gb would be plenty for my intended use= =20 > of windows. You can install FreeBSD on any harddisk. If you want dual-boot, you'll need to install a boot manager. FreeBSD comes with one. This boot manager is also necessary if you want to install FreeBSD on any but the first drive. See =A72.5 of the FreeBSD handbook, available on the website. You should read at least chapter 2 of the FreeBSD manual _before_ starting the install. Usually it's best to install Windows first, because it will overwrite the master boot record anyway. If you want to install FreeBSD on the first drive, you have to make room for it. That means you need empty space not assigned to any partition, or partitions that you are willing to give to FreeBSD. I think the standard for Windows is to take the entire disk, so you'd have to shrink the windows partition or repartition the disk and reinstall windows on a new partition. There are free tools like parted available to resize FAT partitions. Hope this helps, Roland --=20 R.F. Smith /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign r s m i t h @ x s 4 a l l . n l \ / No HTML/RTF in e-mail http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ X No Word docs in e-mail public key: http://www.keyserver.net / \ Respect for open standards --d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCD93VEnfvsMMhpyURAnpPAJ985Kw843Lq7kyU0mBGRLncjIMpswCgnlf/ Mo35iicBlk6ZpnxxAr8PakA= =1y4h -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND--