From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jun 24 9:32:23 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta03-svc.ntlworld.com (mta03-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7B4C37C502 for ; Sat, 24 Jun 2000 09:32:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from parish.my.domain ([62.253.87.7]) by mta03-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000624163207.OAGQ290.mta03-svc.ntlworld.com@parish.my.domain>; Sat, 24 Jun 2000 17:32:07 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA03631; Sat, 24 Jun 2000 17:31:59 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 17:31:59 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Clarence Brown Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: best new drive / dual boot strategy Message-ID: <20000624173158.A233@parish> References: <001c01bfddf5$0dc4f1c0$8c6896d1@granitepost.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <001c01bfddf5$0dc4f1c0$8c6896d1@granitepost.com>; from clabrown@granitepost.com on Sat, Jun 24, 2000 at 11:58:34AM -0400 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Jun 24, 2000 at 11:58:34AM -0400, Clarence Brown wrote: > I've had a couple machines running freebsd for some time, > but should still be considered a newby, so please give me > verbose answers and don't assume I know what I'm doing ;) > > I was running out of space on my Win98 machine with a > 8 gig SCSI drive. I've purchased a new 18 gig SCSI drive. > > My old drive was partitioned into a 6 gig C: and 2 gig d: > > I'm thinking using the new drive for Win98 (sorry, most of > my work is still in MS) and using the old 8 Gig for FreeBSD 4.x > > Concerning dual boot, how do I need to arrange the 18 gig? > Do I need a small FreeBSD partition near the front to boot > FreeBSD, or can the boot utility just jump to the start of the > 2nd SCSI drive when FreeBSD is selected for boot? > Yes. If you plan on using the FreeBSD boot manager it will boot from the second drive when you select FreeBSD - no need for a FreeBSD slice on the first HD. I've never installed the boot manager but AFAIK you have to tell sysinstall to install it on *both* drives (this is how it allows you to boot from the second drive). HTH > If you have a suggestion for how you would arrange this > please advise. > > Thanks, Cla. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- If I buy a copy of WinDelete, and it doesn't delete Windows, am I entitled to my money back? ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message