Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:55:45 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Tyler Gee <geekout@gmail.com> Cc: Eric <eric@savaka.com> Subject: Re: winxp and freebsd Message-ID: <421E5B71.3080502@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <6e01203b0502221520582bf876@mail.gmail.com> References: <421BB6F6.2080704@savaka.com> <6e01203b050222145968985bb8@mail.gmail.com> <6e01203b05022215006a221d68@mail.gmail.com> <421BBBE7.9000202@savaka.com> <6e01203b0502221520582bf876@mail.gmail.com>
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Tyler Gee wrote: >0 GB - Windows >Max GB - FreeBSD > >:) > >Just kidding. It would mostly just depend on what you need. Keep in >mind that you can read Windows files from BSD but not vice verse (and >writing is kind of sketchy). > >On a recent 20GB HD I put 5GB for Windows, 10GB for FreeBSD and left >the other 5 open so I could add it to either one. > >What do you need your Windows box for? That will mostly determine how >much space you want to allocate to it. > > >On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 18:10:31 -0500, Eric <eric@savaka.com> wrote: > > >>Thanks --- any recommendations on formatting and partitioning my hdd >>prior to the OS installs? >> >> >> Righto, and hope I'm not too late. Consider carefully that NTFS is readable, but not really writeable from FreeBSD. You may wish to run winXP on a FAT32 volume (although it would be understandable if not). You could do as Tyler suggests, and set up a relatively small NTFS for winXP, a hug^H^H^Hsuitable area for FBSD, and a FAT32 partition you could access from either OS. HTH, Kevin Kinsey
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