From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 23 12:59: 5 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from logisticsoftware.co.nz (logisticsoftware.co.nz [202.37.163.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9BBF37C5FC for ; Thu, 23 Mar 2000 12:58:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz) Received: from jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz (jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz [10.3.1.1]) by logisticsoftware.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA02581; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 08:58:52 +1200 (NZST) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA57647; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 08:58:51 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 08:58:51 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: Jdkirtland@aol.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OSes Message-ID: <20000324085851.A57542@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz> References: <77.264591c.260aff5c@aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <77.264591c.260aff5c@aol.com>; from Jdkirtland@aol.com on Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 12:02:20AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- If it jams - force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message