From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 22 8:51:55 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail1.toronto.istar.net (mail1.toronto.istar.net [209.89.75.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0E8437B403 for ; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 08:51:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from d141-119-162.home.cgocable.net ([24.141.119.162] helo=x1-6-00-50-ba-de-36-33.kico1.on.home.com) by mail1.toronto.istar.net with esmtp (Exim 2.02 #1) id 15vhMk-00063J-00; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 11:51:50 -0400 Received: from localhost (genisis@localhost) by x1-6-00-50-ba-de-36-33.kico1.on.home.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id f9MFvJl83637; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 11:57:19 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from genisis@istar.ca) X-Authentication-Warning: x1-6-00-50-ba-de-36-33.kico1.on.home.com: genisis owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 11:57:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Dru X-X-Sender: To: =?X-UNKNOWN?Q?Marc-Andr=E9?= Cc: Subject: Re: multi-OS question In-Reply-To: <200110221541.LAA12494@webmail1.magma.ca> Message-ID: <20011022115359.F83548-100000@x1-6-00-50-ba-de-36-33.kico1.on.home.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE 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 On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Marc-Andr=E9 wrote: > I read the FAQ but it doesnt really answer my question. > > To have windows98 and FreeBSD installed on the same PC (only one hard dis= k), > do you need to partition the hard disk before installing the FreeBSD, or = can you simply > run the install of FreeBSD? I already have windows installed. Hi Marc, Depends on your current partitioning scheme. FreeBSD is looking for free space on a primary partition. If you currently only have one partition, you will lose Windows98 unless you shave some space off of its partition to make another primary partition using a tools like fips or Partition Magic. If you have two partitions, but one is logical, you'll nee= d to convert that logical to a primary. HTH, Dru To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message