From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 18 17:34: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp011.mail.yahoo.com (smtp011.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.173.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6427237B410 for ; Sat, 18 Aug 2001 17:34:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rmardo@yahoo.com) Received: from unknown (HELO rino) (202.69.161.246) by smtp.mail.vip.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 19 Aug 2001 00:34:00 -0000 X-Apparently-From: Message-ID: <000001c12849$18b010c0$f6a145ca@rino> From: "Rino Mardo" To: "Ruby" Cc: References: <20010818091406.15421.qmail@web5301.mail.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: WinMe+FreeBSD+Linux Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 21:18:21 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 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 hi. let me start with why i cc'ed the list with your request. although my postings sometimes appear believable it is best that the others also see your questions and my replies just in case i forgot to take my medicines. :-) first thing you do is backup all your data from your WinME if you need them. now to your question. i haven't seen nor used PM before but from what i heard it's newbie-friendly so if i were you (since you did made those backups right?) i'd fire PM and concentrate on reducing the size WinME is occupying in your hd. forget about FreeBSD for now. once you've reduced WinME's partition size, to let's say 10MB, reboot and check if WinME is still bootable. i'm not sure whether PM has a restore facility in case you make a boo-boo (someone can fill in on this) but if you did notice in it's menu something similar to a backup and restore MBR (Master Boot Record - this one does the booting of your system from hard disk or hd) then by all means do it first. when you are sure that WinME boots, pop in the FreeBSD CD in your CD-ROM drive and reboot. let FreeBSD do the partitioning from now on. i suggest you take a look at www.freebsd.org/handbook for how to install FreeBSD. it's very helpful not only on installation but also in explaining the concepts that you're getting confused at the moment. Rino ----- Original Message ----- From: Ruby To: Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 5:14 PM Subject: WinMe+FreeBSD+Linux > Hello! > > I saw your posting in FreeBSD news group, I have > a Toshiba Satellite with 20 GB hard drive (single), > currently I am using WinMe (pre-installed). I want to > have a tripple boot system. I have borrowed partition > magic5.0 disc from my friend. Now my problem is how to > start, I would appreciate if you can drop in few > valuable lines. > > I surfed web but there is not much information about > it, got to understand that Me has FAt32 filesystem > FreeBSD is IDE and some confusing stuff. I even tried > running partition magic but I got scared and stopped > it in between. Further, I did not see FreeBSD listed > in list of partition magic OS options, so I have to > use some other utility for FreeBSD ? > > Also where Linux and FreeBSD will go, as PM ask for > logical or primary?? You may find my questions very > stupid, but this is the first time I am doing all this > stuff. > > Looking forward to your kind reply, > > Ruby _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message