Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 12:20:52 -0700 (MST) From: billlee@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: OS/2 Boot Manager and FreeBSD 2.0 ?? Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.91.950128115702.45636A-100000@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca>
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I'd like to install FreeBSD 2.0 on a hard disk that is already configured
with the OS/2 boot manager and some OS/2 HPFS partitions.
Can this work? If it can, do I do anything differently during the install?
What, if any, are the risks of messing up the OS/2 boot manager or
partitions?
(I've been through ALL the FAQs on the 2.0 Walnut Creek CD-ROM, and FTPed
any newer FAQs from ftp.FreeBSD.ORG, and have found nothing on this point.
I am a total FreeBSD/UN*X newbie; this will be my first install. I have
my OS/2 partitions backed up to tape, but hope to avoid messing them up
all the same.)
Here are the relevant specs of my current configuration:
* 486DX 50 with AMI BIOS 12/12/91
* Adaptec 1542B SCSI controller
* Texel DM-3024 CD-ROM
* Toshiba 838MB SCSI hard disk, partitioned as follows:
+ primary:
- C: 185MB HPFS, OS/2 2.11
+ extended:
- D: 185MB HPFS, OS/2 2.11
- E: 185MB HPFS, OS/2 data
- freespace: 282MB, available for FreeBSD 2.0
- OS/2 boot manager: 1MB
Here's what pfdisk.exe shows:
# Partition table on device: 0
geometry 838 64 32 (cyls heads sectors)
# ID First(cyl) Last(cyl) Name # start, length (sectors)
1 5 185 836 DOSex # 378880, 1335296
2 7 0 184 OS/2 # 32, 378848
3 10 837 837 unkno # 1714176, 2048
4 0 0 0 empty # 0, 0
#3 is the OS/2 boot manager. pfdisk.exe sees it as unkno(wn) and this
concerns me....
Many thanks in advance! <<Bill>>
Bill Lee E-mail: billlee@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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