From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 29 21:59:55 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 22DA116A4CE for ; Sat, 29 Nov 2003 21:59:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from fed1mtao07.cox.net (fed1mtao07.cox.net [68.6.19.124]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43C4B43FE1 for ; Sat, 29 Nov 2003 21:59:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from support@adsbanners.com) Received: from rsbdel ([68.108.150.250]) by fed1mtao07.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.05 201-253-122-130-105-20030824) with ESMTP id <20031130055921.YLKH14590.fed1mtao07.cox.net@rsbdel> for ; Sun, 30 Nov 2003 00:59:21 -0500 Message-ID: <000701c3b707$2de45a60$0600a8c0@rsbdel> From: "ADSBANNERS" To: Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 21:58:55 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4922.1500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4925.2800 Subject: FIRST INSTALL QUESTION 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: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 05:59:55 -0000 20031129 LAS VEGAS NV 89102 USA SUPPORT@ADSBANNERS.COM SUBJECT: FIRST INSTALL QUESTION http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/multi-os/ch5.html I purchased SAMS FreeBSD (4.7) in 24 Hours and everything is pretty clear, except there isn't any example (neither on freebsd.org) that precisely reflects my hardware configuration, namely.. Pentium II w/ orig 10GB HDD (now clean install WIN98SE) + 2d (HDD01) 40GB HDD which is not bootable, used only for backup (local and LAN). My updated hp Phoenix BIOS v 1.09 w/LBA support recognised the second hard drive w/o problem and it works fine. I was hoping that I could partition only the 2d hard drive and install the boot manager included on the CD (easy boot I guess) on the 2d hard drive, until I read the FAQs online that mentioned this boot manager uses the MBR - which must be located on the original, bootable hard drive (I have never used a boot manager unless Windows 98 Start-up Menu qualifies). But then I noticed a reference (link above) to booting from DOS using FBSDBOOT.EXE and that got me to wondering if I could just partition ½ of the 2d hard drive for FreeBSD, install FreeBSD on that partition and then boot to it using the Windows 98 Start-up Menu / DOS. Would FBSDBOOT.EXE find the BSD partition on the 2d hard drive? Would I just locate FBSDBOOT.EXE on the Windows partition of the 2d hard drive? Of course I'm trying to avoid partitioning the orig hard drive w/ WIN98SE, and I'd like to use the slave hard drive for both WIN98 backup and FreeBSD. Thank you. --rs ~+