From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 15 0: 2:48 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sand4.global.net.uk (sand4.global.net.uk [194.126.80.248]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E71114CF3 for ; Tue, 15 Jun 1999 00:02:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marko@globalnet.co.uk) Received: from p8fs01a06.client.global.net.uk ([195.147.209.144] helo=marder-1.) by sand4.global.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 10tnF2-0005sd-00; Tue, 15 Jun 1999 08:02:41 +0100 Received: (from marko@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id IAA01473; Tue, 15 Jun 1999 08:00:39 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from marko) Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 08:00:39 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: "Ray, Pinaki" Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org'" Subject: Re: Formatting Harddrive for Installation Message-ID: <19990615080038.F828@marder-1> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: ; from Ray, Pinaki on Tue, Jun 15, 1999 at 10:52:59AM +0930 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Jun 15, 1999 at 10:52:59AM +0930, Ray, Pinaki wrote: > I want to install FreeBSD on my harddrive using the CD-ROM (Walnut Creek) > FreeBSD 3.0 Snapshot in my possession. At present my harddrive has been > partitioned in several logical drives and I have installed the following > OSs: DOS 6.2 on the first 1GB (FAT16) partition, NT4.0 (Build1381, Service > Pack 5) on the second partition 4.2GB (NTFS), and I have left free 4 GB of > space for FreeBSD. I want to know how do I format this space (4 GB) for > installing FreeBSD on it. Just leave it as free space. FreeBSD will make its own slice (DOS:partition). If you create a partition FreeBSD will only ask to delete it first, and then re-make it. > Reading through all the files and the Handbook I > find that FreeBSD can be installed 'from a MS-DOS partition' (but nothing > more). What does that mean - can FreeBSD be installed on FAT16 or FAT32 or > NTFS formats for that matter ? Or does FreeBSD has its own formatting > tools ? -- FreeBSD needs it's own partition. "from a DOS partition" means just that, you can copy the disttributions to a FAT (not NTFS) partition and *install* from there. Not much point if you've got the CDs, unless FreeBSD can't see your CD drive for some reason. Installing from DOS would be used if you d/l FreeBSD from the 'net. > In that case will FreeBSD be able to see all of 4 GB (or more if > given) as a single partition ? Should be able to. If it's an IDE HD it may depend on your BIOS (as the partition does not start in the first 1024 cyls). > Nothing explicitly is stated in the > literature I could get hold on. Please advise me in details how to proceed. > Also how shall I edit the NT loader 'boot.ini' so that I am able to choose > from DOS, NT or FreeBSD on booting. Thank you. > This is covered in the FAQ. > Pinaki Ray > email: Pinaki.Ray@dsto.defence.gov.au > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message