Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 18:22:22 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: spider 90 <spider90@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: partitions Message-ID: <20000405182222.E1808@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <20000405021424.40418.qmail@hotmail.com>; from spider90@hotmail.com on Wed, Apr 05, 2000 at 02:14:24AM %2B0000 References: <20000405021424.40418.qmail@hotmail.com>
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On Wed, Apr 05, 2000 at 02:14:24AM +0000, spider 90 wrote: > Howdy folks:) Attempting to install freebsd and linux on my > 30gig hard drive. I already have windows 98 there and would like to > partion 5gigs to freebsd, another to linux, then the rest leave to > the already existing windows o/s. What is the best route. I read > in complete freebsd that fips doesnt work on some newer microsoft > filesystems. Should I use partition magic or is there better program > to accomplish this? If you have the program, then use partition magic, to resize the windows partition. First defrag your Windows partition, to make shrinking by partition magic easier. Then shrink it to make 10 Gb of space, and if possible, move it to the end of the disk's area (this is nice to do because I'm not sure if BSD can boot from a partition that's way into your disk's area -- like one that starts at 5 Gb). Right before installing, you should have your disk separated in: 0 - 10 Gb: free area 10 Gb - end: windows C: drive At the end of installations you should have: 0 - 5 Gb: freebsd slice 5 - 10 Gb: linux primary partition 10 Gb: windows C: drive If you want to use a primary partition for a linux swap partition, you can change this to include a small primary partition as linux swap. - Giorgos Keramidas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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