From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 8 17:48:07 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA16402 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 8 Apr 1996 17:48:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA16396 for ; Mon, 8 Apr 1996 17:48:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id SAA08432; Mon, 8 Apr 1996 18:29:30 -0700 Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 18:29:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Scott Rose cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on a Windows NT system questions. In-Reply-To: <199604082148.OAA28561@puma.phx.mcd.mot.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 8 Apr 1996, Scott Rose wrote: > I am planning to get a Pentium based Windows NT system and wanted > to use FreeBSD on it as well. I am not sure how the Windows > file system structure will relate with the FreeBSD file system. NTFS isn't supported under FreeBSD. (Standard disclaimer: yet. :) > Do I need a separate partition for FreeBSD? Yes. > Will it work on a DOS file system or do I need a separate hard > disk? It uses it's own filesystem, but you can mount DOS partitions. > Can I easily choose between booting FreeBSD or Windows NT? Yes, using your favorite boot manager (OS-BS, which is supplied, or if you can stand it, the NT boot manager) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major