From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 24 07:39:56 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA12148 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 24 May 1996 07:39:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from alpha.xerox.com (alpha.Xerox.COM [13.1.64.93]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA12141 for ; Fri, 24 May 1996 07:39:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gemini.sdsp.mc.xerox.com ([13.231.132.20]) by alpha.xerox.com with SMTP id <15624(1)>; Fri, 24 May 1996 07:39:12 PDT Received: from gnu.mc.xerox.com (gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com) by gemini.sdsp.mc.xerox.com (4.1/SMI-4.1-TB) id AA16935; Fri, 24 May 96 10:39:18 EDT Received: by gnu.mc.xerox.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA15246; Fri, 24 May 96 10:39:17 EDT Message-Id: <9605241439.AA15246@gnu.mc.xerox.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.6 3/24/96 To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: install snapshots Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 07:39:16 PDT From: "Marty Leisner" Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I'm going to install the March or May snapshots on the following system... 1 disk (first drive) 420 Mbytes (bios is fine) 2nd disk is 1.2 gigabyte (has to use ontrack for dos). I'm using system commander (very happy with it). I need to install a trivial boot slice on the first disk (maybe 40 mbyte?) just to hold a boot system. I want to bulk of the system to be on the second disk (with about a 400 Mbyte slice). Any problems? I installed complete systems on 1 disk before, never split the system across two disks... If I put the whole system on the second disk, do I have to boot from floppy? Is there a way to build a boot floppy so it defaults to wd1? marty leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com Member of the League for Programming Freedom (http://www.lpf.org) Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic Arthur C. Clarke, The Lost Worlds of 2001 -- marty leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com Member of the League for Programming Freedom