Date: Fri, 02 Oct 98 09:15:45 -0800 From: "Dan Baker"<dbaker@illuminetss7.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, <trzy@powernet.net> Subject: Re: Switching from Win95 (yuck) to FreeBSD (mmmm) Message-ID: <9810029073.AA907344826@mailgate.illuminetss7.com>
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FreeBSD can mount, read and write Dos Partition....
BUT it cannot be booted from a DOS partition. This would be a bad idea
anyway, as FATFS has no file ownership or permissions. It's also slow
and wasteful of diskspace.
DOS Will only boot from controller 0, drive 0, partition 1 (drive C:)
so it shouldn't be moved. Drive 1 (D: and E:) should be repartitioned
for BSD with a single partition using the entire drive, and then the
regular slice arrangement. 4G is a lot of disk space for a FreeBSD
desktop machine, unless you have some pretty heavy-duty applications
on it (database, multi-media, CD writing, major programming projects,
web/ftp server, etc.) Since Windows apps bloat so badly, you may want
to leave the E: partition where it is and just recreate the extended
partition as a FreeBSD partition.
The process is very easy when using sysinstall. Easier by a long shot
than fdisk.
One way to squeeze a little more performance from the machine would be
to use FIPS or Partition Magic to free up about 256M of Drive 0 (C:)
to use for the root and swap partitions as so:
Drive 0
Slice 1 Windows C: (1.3 G)
Slice 2 FreeBSD
root (128M)
swap (128M)
Drive 1
Slice 1 Windows D: (2G)
Part 2 FreeBSD
var (128M)
home (512M)
usr (1G)
usr/X11R6 (remainder)
Note: I am making some assumptions here about your machine and the
amount of swap needed, the types of applications you want to install,
etc. Your Milage May Vary
Dan Baker
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Subject: Switching from Win95 (yuck) to FreeBSD (mmmm)
Author: "Bart (The Good Guy) Trzynadlowski" <trzy@powernet.net> at
Internet_mail
Date: 10/2/98 6:45 AM
Ok, I have outgrown Windows 95 in many ways now and I need FreeBSD. I have
2 hard drives with 3 partitions:
1. C (1.6g)
2. D and E (4g total)
Windows is on C.
I read the installation procedure and I think i can do this:
Shut Down to MS-DOS mode in Win95
Start the installation as described on freebsd.org
BUT: Does FreeBSD really read my DOS partitions so I don't have to have to
reformat ANYTHING? even my D/E drive?
And if it can, does it handicap FreeBSD in any way? Does it have native
support for the DOS partitions or will I be slowed down?
back to the installation:
When i get FreeBSD running or even before i start installing it, i could
rename or remove my Win95 directory thus being able to configure FreeBSD to
boot on my system...
Later I'd like to stick Windows on the D/E drive or something so itd only
boot when I want it to. And if FreeBSD DOESNT reformat anything and keeps
the partition windows should still be able to access my C drive and FreeBSD
my D/E drives, right?
Thanks,
Bart "The Good Guy" Trzynadlowski
"Screwy ain't it?"
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