From owner-freebsd-newbies Sat Nov 14 12:22:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA12950 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 12:22:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from b.mx.crl.com (bmx.crl.com [165.113.1.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA12945 for ; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 12:22:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from anarchy@crl.com) Received: from crl.crl.com (crl.com [165.113.1.12]) by b.mx.crl.com (8.8.7/) via SMTP id MAA16371; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 12:22:10 -0800 (PST) env-from (anarchy@crl.com) Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 12:22:09 -0800 (PST) From: Ben Manes To: David Williams cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FAT32 In-Reply-To: <000501be1007$ee6ba4c0$2c0edec2@dell> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > a) install FreeBSD on D > without losing or converting > ANY data on the other drives? FreeBSD 2.2.6, with a patch, supports fat32. Beyound that version, they all do. However, I'm uncertain of how far that extends. I'd recomend sending this to -questions, they know this stuff in-and-out. > b) Use FreeBSD with a FAT32 > drive? At the very least, it can read, most likely write too. Haven't tested it out yet.. > c) Dual Boot Win98 and > FreeBSD? If so, how? FreeBSD comes with a boot loader, forget its name though. Its very similar to Linux's lilo, which is useful as an OS pointer. I have it pointing to Win98/pcdos, linux (freebsd cds went bad), NT4, and Solaris (free.. never got it to point correctly though..). In Lilo, you simply add stanzas telling it a label, a partition, and perhaps something else I'm forgetting.. someone else will answer with more knowledge, and the handbook likely has some good info too. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message