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Subject: Re: Win2k w/ NTFS -- want to add FBSD
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 15:52:41 -0500
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If the D: drive is empty then you don't need Partition Magic.  PM is only
good for resizing and conjoining adjacent partitions.  Outside of that you
are wasting your money.  On Win2K make sure you have admin privileges,
right-click My Computer.  On the context menu select Manage.  Go to
Storage/Disk Management.  Delete the current NTFS volume and create a new
one 10G in size.  Use the FreeBSD CD to boot into the installation and use
the partition manager there to create a true partition entry for FreeBSD to
use.

Oh, and you'll need a boot manager.  During the install do not choose the
standard MBR option, unless you feel like reinstalling Windoze or relying on
fdisk /mbr to work some magic by trying to pull the Win2K MBR out of the
trash.

Jeremy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Timothy J. Luoma" <luomat@peak.org>
To: <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 3:36 PM
Subject: Win2k w/ NTFS -- want to add FBSD


>
> I have a Dell i7500 w/ Win2k installed on two NTFS partitions (C is 10gb
> System stuff, D is 20gb user files).  I have a FreeBSD CD (burned from
> latest ISO)
>
> I would like to split the 20gb partition into two 10gb partitions and
> install FreeBSD on one of those partitions.
>
> <aside: I have copied all my data from D to C for now, so D is empty.>
>
> I have downloaded the demo of PartitionMagic, having heard that program
> mentioned before.  The demo lets me go through the steps (to see if it
would
> work)
>
>
> PM asked me if I was going to put a new OS on the new partition.  I said
> Yes.  It asked what OS and gave me these choices:
>
> Dos/Win 3.1
> Win 95/98
> Win NT
> Win 2000
> Linux
> OS/2
>
>
> Well, "none of the above" really, but I have to choose one, right?  Should
I
> choose Linux because it's the closest Unix-variant?
>
> Any help appreciated.  If I can get this to work I'll buy PM and try it
> tonight.
>
> TjL
>
>
>
>
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