From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 15 15:23:24 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5A8116A4CE for ; Sat, 15 Nov 2003 15:23:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from usstp09.itcs.purdue.edu (usstp09.itcs.purdue.edu [128.210.5.248]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E491A43F85 for ; Sat, 15 Nov 2003 15:23:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from germain@purdue.edu) Received: from localhost (wm-cpu3.itcs.purdue.edu [128.210.11.235]) hAFNNNQg006873 for ; Sat, 15 Nov 2003 18:23:23 -0500 Received: from hill-a-188.resnet.purdue.edu (hill-a-188.resnet.purdue.edu [128.211.204.188]) by webmail.purdue.edu (IMP) with HTTP for ; Sat, 15 Nov 2003 18:23:19 -0500 Message-ID: <1068938599.3fb6b5674e12f@webmail.purdue.edu> Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 18:23:19 -0500 From: germain@purdue.edu To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.2-cvs X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new on Purdue Mailhub Subject: Dual Booting FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 23:23:25 -0000 Hello, I have recently come into possessing a new hard drive which is 40 gigs. I also have a 160 Gig hard drive with an unformatted partition that is approx. 40 gigs. Would it be easier to install FreeBSD on the unformatted partition or the new hard drive for the purpose of dual booting with xp? Also, does anyone know how to set up a dual boot system or know of a good guide to doing so? Thanks in advance, Edward Germain