From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 16 5:56:56 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from zaz.kom.auc.dk (zaz.kom.auc.dk [130.225.51.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F10F37B422 for ; Wed, 16 May 2001 05:56:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marjanb@cpk.auc.dk) Received: from wing-1.kom.auc.dk ([192.168.110.32] helo=MarjanW2K) by zaz.kom.auc.dk with smtp (Exim 2.05 #3) id 1500rB-0002Mz-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 16 May 2001 14:56:49 +0200 Message-ID: <001801c0de08$40bc22b0$206ea8c0@MarjanW2K> From: "Marjan Bozinovski" To: Subject: Separate partition for FreeBSD? Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 15:00:58 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0015_01C0DE19.04004890" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.3018.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.3018.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01C0DE19.04004890 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I am a future user (beginner) of FreeBSD, and I have already read all = about the installation instructions. But I miss some information. = However, I have a PC with already installed Windows 2000 on it. Also, = there are 2 partitions on it. So, my questions are: 1. What should I know about the installation of FreeBSD, concerning the = partitions? Or, more precisely, is the second existing partition all I = need to start off with the installation?=20 2. I will install FreeBSD from a CD. Do I need to make 2 floppy = diskettes (prior the installation) with the images of floppies\kern.flp = and floppies\mfsroot.flp, or the installation CD is all I need? The partition size is 10 GB, so I think, there will be no problems with = regard to the hard disk memory space. Also, I have 128 MB RAM.=20 Best regards, Marjan ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01C0DE19.04004890 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi,

I am a future user (beginner) of = FreeBSD, and I=20 have already read all about the installation instructions. But I miss = some=20 information. However, I have a PC = with already=20 installed Windows 2000 on it. Also, there are 2 partitions on it. So, my = questions are:

1. What should I know about the = installation of=20 FreeBSD, concerning the partitions? Or, more precisely, is the second = existing=20 partition all I need to start off with the installation?

2. I will install FreeBSD from a CD. Do = I need to=20 make 2 floppy diskettes (prior the installation) with the images of=20 floppies\kern.flp and = floppies\mfsroot.flp, or=20 the installation CD is all I need?

The partition size is 10 GB, so I = think, there will=20 be no problems with regard to the hard disk memory space. Also, = I have=20 128 MB RAM.

Best regards,

Marjan

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