Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 10:29:39 -0800 From: David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com> To: Max Kool <koolmax@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dillema... Message-ID: <38DFA893.DDB55846@acuson.com> References: <20000327035126.80522.qmail@hotmail.com>
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Max Kool wrote: > > Hi all, > > Next weekend I'm going to get my hands on: > - FreeBSD (dunno what version - my cousin got it in May, last year) > - RedHat Linux 6.1 > - Corel Linux Two Gigs for each is ample. But one caveat. FreeBSD can only be installed on a primary partition. Since you also have Win98, that's four systems, so you could devote a primary partition to each of them. But, Redhat and Corel really want their own swap partition, so that's five partitions but you can only have 4 primary on a drive. I would suggest the following layout: Partition 1: 2Gig primary - Win98 Partition 2: 2Gig primary - FreeBSD Partition 3: 2Gig primary - Redhat Partition 4: extended Partition 5: 2 Gig logical - Corel Partition 6: 128Meg logical - Linux swap (for both Corel and Redhat) Also keep in mind that systems don't like to boot from above the 1024th cylinder. On some drives this is not a problem. On others (like mine) this is a major hassle with just two operating systems. If I were you, I would devote space for just two extra Unix systems. One would be the one you normally use and the other the one you play with to try out new versions or distros. Since you are new to Unix, I'll hazard a guess that all of these systems will look identical to you. After all, they share 95% of their applications between them. KDE, bash, netscape, gcc, Gimp, etc., will all be identical from system to system. The major differences you'll find will be in the areas of installation, setup/maintenance, and package selection. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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