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Date:      Fri, 24 Mar 2000 08:58:51 +1200
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz>
To:        Jdkirtland@aol.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: OSes
Message-ID:  <20000324085851.A57542@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz>
In-Reply-To: <77.264591c.260aff5c@aol.com>; from Jdkirtland@aol.com on Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 12:02:20AM -0500
References:  <77.264591c.260aff5c@aol.com>

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On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 12:02:20AM -0500, Jdkirtland@aol.com wrote:

> I am interested in installing several operating systems on my personal 
> computer.  I just purchased a 27 GB hard drive and I plan to partition it to 
> hold some or all of the following:  Windows 98 and 2000, Gentus and RedHat 
> 6.1 Linux, BeOS 4.5 or 5.0, FreeDOS, and FreeBSD.  I was looking for any 
> input on the best way to partition the drive, in which order i should install 
> the OSes, and what boot manager is best to use.

You need to install the Micro$oft ones first, commercial ones next,
free ones last. There are a few boot managers around, the one that I
most prefer is OS-BS Beta.

>Also I was wondering if 
> there is one file system with which i could format a large partition (10-20 
> GB) so that it would be visible and accessible from all (or most) of the 
> operating systems.  Thanks for any input you can provide.

The only one that most others will recognise is FAT, but it's one of
the most crippled file-system there is. Not recommended.

Jonathan Chen
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      If it jams - force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.


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