From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 10 22:31:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA10640 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 10 Sep 1998 22:31:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA10630 for ; Thu, 10 Sep 1998 22:31:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id OAA00716; Fri, 11 Sep 1998 14:28:05 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id OAA25783; Fri, 11 Sep 1998 14:25:53 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980911142553.L611@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 14:25:53 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: William Salvino , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Questions References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: ; from William Salvino on Thu, Sep 10, 1998 at 11:34:03PM +0400 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thursday, 10 September 1998 at 23:34:03 +0400, William Salvino wrote: > Dear Sirs, > > I have Linux installed and the kernel has to be in the first 1023 > cylinders on the hard drive. Is this also the case with BSD? This requirement doesn't come from the operating system, it comes from the BIOS. It used to be universally true, but nowadays most BIOSes are a little more clever. If your BIOS documentation doesn't tell you, the best thing to do is try it out. > I use the Windows NT boot loader to selectively load DOS, NT, or Red Hat > Linux from the bootloader menu. Does BSD have a bootsector I can strip off > with dd Yes. > and insert in the NT bootloader? I don't know. I don't use Microsoft. > Does BSD use LILO? No. LILO is a Linux program. We have a similar program, but it's not as configurable as LILO. But you can boot FreeBSD with LILO. > Approximately How large does a disk partition have to be for a > complete installation of everything on the BSD-CD? About 2 GB. Of course, you don't need 80% of what's on the CD. If you know Linux, assume that the requirements for FreeBSD are about the same as for Linux. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message