Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2001 20:46:20 +0100 From: Julius <Thyssen@xs4all.nl> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Best Maxtor HD-partitioning with FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <3ai2atkfs274jc6akmvjguuhe0pb535ql1@2u.i.am>
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Recently bought a 20+ G Maxtor HD, it needs to boot using maxblast.exe since the BIOS in the board does not support such large drives (the capacity limit is at 8.4 G, and no BIOS-updates available!) Any experience in using these types of boot-drive-loaders in combination with a FreeBSD boot-partition on the same drive ? I'm only used to using it in a win-PC. Also some other questions: - How large can/may/should the partitions best be with FreeBSD ? - Are there any disadvantages starting FreeBSD from a DOS-formatted partition? Can it boot on/from a FAT32 partition as well ? - What is a nice example FBSD server-setup with a drive of that size? I need to run mail, http, ftp, DNS and a forwarded internet-connection to a Windows98se machine. Any pointers to URLs with info on all this are very welcome. (I don't mean the install help-texts, the info is just not in there, nor is it in any FAQ. Either that or it takes you a year of reading to get to the info you're looking for..) tnx - J P.S. Are there any screenshot-collections to be found on the web of FreeBSD users' screens/desktops? I can't find more than some sporadic accidental prinstscreens here and there... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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