From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 24 11:08:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA27862 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 24 Oct 1998 11:08:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from www_vccommons.commons.aim-smart.com ([208.150.127.246]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA27850 for ; Sat, 24 Oct 1998 11:08:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jerichow@commons.aim-smart.com) Received: from [153.35.138.10] by www_vccommons.commons.aim-smart.com (NTMail 3.03.0014/32.aauv) with ESMTP id oa000716 for ; Sat, 24 Oct 1998 14:08:09 -0400 Message-ID: <002501bdff78$d69b43e0$ae8a2399@default> From: "jericho" To: Subject: adding freebsd to nt server/win98 dual boot Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 14:05:06 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG i want to add freebsd to my existing dual boot system which is setup like this - Total free C: (windows and boot partition) 1.67gb 646mb |Primary D: (applications) 1.99gb 1.25gb| Seagate 6.5GB disk E: (swap file and page file) 1.04gb 524mb | F: (files) 1.32gb 1.04gb| G: (NT server) 1.96gb 944mb |Primary IBM 2.1GB disk basically I'll have to reinstall winnt if I install FreeBSD to my G: drive right? I just thought of something- IF I make a new extended partition with the free space from the F: partition using Partition Magic - the new partition will become G: then and my NT registry entriest wont be fouled- BUT will NTLoadr be able to find the NT files since the actual physical location on the specific device has changed?? and will the fact NT isnt on a primary partition affect its functioning? If I install FREEBSD to the G: drive will FFS control all partitions on that drive? or could I still be able to make additional partitions on it? Anyone ever had a similar situation? I downloaded the FREEBSD 2.27 directory from a ftp site as binaries instead of ascii - but I could not download the tools and packages files- will that foul my installation? how can i get those files? i have a winmodem so i wont be able to connect to the internet during the install- will i be alright without those files? I know some of the questions deal with nt rather than bsd- im just trying to avoid a complete reinstallation of all the programs and NT itself as well as the patches and service packs and hardware configurations -its a pain and I probably will have my hands filled learning bsd. Thanks for any answers you can help me out with. T Freeman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message