From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 18 0:44:53 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from thor.oit.pdx.edu (thor.oit.pdx.edu [131.252.120.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C938F37B40A for ; Sat, 18 Aug 2001 00:44:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from singh@pdx.edu) Received: from freke.odin.pdx.edu (freke.odin.pdx.edu [131.252.120.43]) by thor.oit.pdx.edu (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f7I7ile26598; Sat, 18 Aug 2001 00:44:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (singh@localhost) by freke.odin.pdx.edu (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f7I7ijg07081; Sat, 18 Aug 2001 00:44:46 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: freke.odin.pdx.edu: singh owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 00:44:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Harkirat Singh X-X-Sender: To: Bjarne Wichmann Petersen Cc: Subject: Re: Win2K-FreeBSD-Linux on the same machine In-Reply-To: <20010818060621.YYOX6587.fepF.post.tele.dk@there> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG nice reply !! -harkirat On Sat, 18 Aug 2001, Bjarne Wichmann Petersen wrote: > On Saturday 18 August 2001 02:18, you wrote: > > > I request you to please advise me what are the right steps and what else I > > need to take care during installation, also I wonder how FreeBSd and linux > > will know which partition they need to reside. I was also seeing some > > message about loader, please tell me how to configure that. > > Well, the 1st step is to find out how many partitions you need. Both Windows > and the FreeBSD slice needs to be located on primary-partitions (don't know > whether it's possible for bsd-slices to be located on extended, seems to > recall that they don't). And Windows needs to be located on the first (linux: > hda1, bsd: ad0s1). > > Linux runs from both primary and extended. > > Secondly, IIRC the bsd-slice containing the '/' partition/bootblock needs to > be locatede *below* the 1024-cylinder barrier (this barrier might have been > removed, I can't seem to find any information on this). > > Linux doesn't have this limit (might depend on which distro you use) so no > sweat there. Instead you'll have to create several partitions for linux (/, > swap, /usr, /var and what else you'll like). > > A suggestion how to setup you drive would be something along the line: > > 1st primary (hda1) : Windows (1-2 GB) > 2nd primary (hda2): BSD slice (the size you like) > 1st extended (hda5): Linux, / (50-100 MB) > 2nd extended (hda6): Linux, swap (2xRAM) > 3rd extended (hda7): Linux, /var (X MB) > 4th extended (hda8): Linux, /usr (X MB) > (her I'd personally add partitions for /home and /usr/local but is really not > needed) > 5th extended (hda9): VFAT/D: (X MB). Splitting up windowsinstallation is > really a good thing. Leave C: with all the system stuff. When it's time for > your weekly reinstall you'll only need those 2+ hours for the system. All > your apps, games etc. have you left on D: and thus doesn't need to be > reinstalled! ;-) > > Now, your HD is partitioned and you can start installing the software. Start > with Windows. > > As for the bootloader, try reading up on GRUB (install grub on bsd and the > 'info grub'). I don't know much more. Oh, and remember to make a bootfloppy > for bsd/linux or both. When you reinstall Windows, your MBA and thus you > bootloader goes bye bye. Boot the floppy and reinstall GRUB! ;-) > > Hmm, a better writeup might be an idea for a FAQ? > > Bjarne > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message