Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 09:37:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Thomas Dean <tomdean@ix.netcom.com> To: chrismar@peanut.readington.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2nd Hard Drive Message-ID: <199807031637.JAA02509@ix.netcom.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980703101937.3437A-100000@peanut.readington.com> (message from Chris Martino on Fri, 3 Jul 1998 10:32:05 -0400 (EDT))
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I wasn't trying to jerk you around. This stuff is really in the docs. Maybe not exactly your situation, but, near enough to answer your questions. What version of FreeBSD are you running and what are you planning to do with it? FAQ: 2.7. Can Windows 95 co-exist with FreeBSD? Install Windows 95 first, after that FreeBSD. FreeBSD's boot manager will then manage to boot Win95 and FreeBSD. If you install Windows 95 second, it will boorishly overwrite your boot manager without even asking. If that happens, see the next section. Is the FreeBSD disk a "dangerously dedicated disk"? See the FAQ, section 8.10. Will a ``dangerously dedicated'' disk endanger my health? Read the MS docs. I believe MS will ONLY exist on the primary master disk. So, you may have to play some games with which disk is first. Look at what you have on the existing FreeBSD disk. Look at the 'disklabel -r' output. This is the basic structure of FreeBSD on a disk. Think about how you can configure the disks to make your life easier. Look at the tutorials about multi-os. http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/multios/ Read all the things in the FAQ about disks. Read section 8 of the handbook. Write a plan to do this, on paper. If someone MADE me install WIN96, I would put the 3.1GB disk on as master and the 2.1 as secondary. Put MS on the first DOS partition on the 3.1. Put FreeBSD on the 2nd DOS partition of the 3.1. This will be the 2nd slice for FreeBSD, wd0s2. Use the 2.1 as /usr/obj, and /usr/home. This may allow 'make world' to run faster and lots of room for users. REMEMBER, partition in DOS/MS refers to an entry in the master partition table on the disk. In FreeBSD, this is a slice. A FreeBSD partition is a sub-division of a slice. FIRST: Install MS in the first DOS partition. THEN: Install FreeBSD on the 3.1, 2nd slice, wd0s2. Install the boot manager when you install FreeBSD. This will fix the boot problem some have. Boot FreeBSD and mount wd1s1. Use tar to move things from wd1 to wd0s2. You will want some of the things from /etc. You may have to put /usr/home on wd0 until you get wd1 setup. Think about what you want from the existing system and what you can copy from the existing system rather than have to install over the net. Use sysinstall to create a slice on wd1 for FreeBSD. This will zap everything on wd1. Create partitions wd1s1a /usr/obj 1GB wd1s1c entire disk wd1s1d /usr/home 1GB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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