Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 16:45:55 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Jun Chen <jchen@usclearing.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hard disk size Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9811121645110.24229-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <364B2A45.4CCBEC6E@usclearing.com>
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On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Jun Chen wrote: > Hi, > > I have old 486DX66, a 420M HD and a 1.6G HD. > > Myquestions are: > > 1. Will the PC BIOS (I think it's pretty old now) limits FBSD to handle > the HD which is > large than 540M ? No, but your BIOS won't be able to boot the system if it's installed past the 500mb / 1024 cylinder limit. > 2. Supposse FBSD is installed in the second drive (drive D) and the only > booting sequece is A:, C:(according to the BIOS), will FBSD be able to > boot? Can Boot Manager handle this? Is Boot Manager always installed in > the C drive. Yes. > 3. If I choose to install everything(select 'ALL', 'All'... during the > process), how much HD space do I need? (My 420M HD seems not enough) You need upwards of 1GB for *everything*, which is pretty excessive. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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