From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 30 12:54:57 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from castle.shownets.net (castle.shownets.net [209.117.163.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A9565152F6 for ; Thu, 30 Sep 1999 12:54:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from djb@shownets.net) Received: (qmail 95159 invoked from network); 30 Sep 1999 19:54:33 -0000 Received: from client60221.speedfactory.net (HELO buechner) (216.0.60.221) by castle.shownets.net with SMTP; 30 Sep 1999 19:54:33 -0000 Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19990930155504.00a30220@mail.shownets.net> X-Sender: djb@mail.shownets.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 15:56:49 -0400 To: "Dongre, Prashant" , "'big_river_software.com@ns.sympatico.ca'" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Buechner Subject: RE: any heads up on FreeBSD install to system with whole hdd FAT3 2 In-Reply-To: <17B91896EB94D211A8930090271EB8D7065FC8@exch002.co.westches ter.ny.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I remember seeing something on (I think) a ThinkPad mailing list that Partition Magic had problems running in Win98 when booted from a FAT32 partition. I avoid this problem by always booting the Partition Magic Rescue diskette. I've got a FAT32 partition and a FreeBSD partition and have had no trouble making adjustments as necessary. David At 01:29 PM 9/1/99 -0400, Dongre, Prashant wrote: >I was able to use Partition magic on whole FAT32 6.5 Gb Disk without any >problem. >FAT32 was created using WIN98 install. I had no important data on the system >so took the risk. > >-----Original Message----- >From: David W. Rice [mailto:big_river_software.com@ns.sympatico.ca] >Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 2:26 PM >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: any heads up on FreeBSD install to system with whole hdd FAT32 > > >I have Compaq Presario 1220 running win/95 with 2.1GB hdd Fat32. I've >heard that fat32 messes with the parition table. This seems to be >verified as a product called PartitionMagic (supposed to let one >re-partition without losing data) crashes andburns when I run it. I'm >getting usual industry support from vendor (silence). >I want to run FreeBSD and have to run Win/95 on same system. >I don't want to start installation if I'm going to crash the partition >table and backing up the 1.3 Mb worth of stuff I have on Fat32 is one >big job with a laptop. All I have is diskette and another machine via >ICQ. >Any suggestions for someone who doesn't want to learn the hard way. >Apart from backup first. I know allready. > >Thanks >Dave > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message David Buechner showNets - "High Speed Internet Access to the Trade Show Floor" 770-924-5478 (Office) 770-924-5468 (Fax) http://www.shownets.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message