From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 6 23:43:55 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA05557 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 6 May 1997 23:43:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pc-pvl.nanoteq.co.za (pc-pvl.nanoteq.co.za [163.195.219.103]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA05552 for ; Tue, 6 May 1997 23:43:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pc-pvl.nanoteq.co.za (localhost.nanoteq.co.za [127.0.0.1]) by pc-pvl.nanoteq.co.za (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA25894; Wed, 7 May 1997 08:44:02 GMT Message-Id: <199705070844.IAA25894@pc-pvl.nanoteq.co.za> To: "Scott Stafford" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Required Space In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 06 May 1997 12:08:26 EST." <199705061708.MAA14175@mail.mankato.msus.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 08:44:02 +0000 From: Pierre-Andre van Leeuwen Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Hi, > > How much space is required to install FreeBSD? I have an internal Zip SCSI > that I would like to put it on, or will I have to create a new partition on > a different drive? My FreeBSD takes up about 400MB and I don't even have the sources. If you plan to run Xwindows (like most of us do), you have to know that it takes up a lott of space, and so does most of the x-apps. ( Xemacs is 40 MB ). It is possible to install it in only a couple of megs but that would be very frustrating because of a lack of nice toys :) > I've also heard that to do a tripple boot with Win NT4.0 and 95 that I > should install FreeBSD first. Is this the case? No, install FreeBSD last. It's not really neccessary, but NT and 95 will ovewrite your MBR if you're not careful, and then you will need to fix it again. You'll have to make sure about the issues involving NT's bootloader and FBSD booteasy as it is something which I have avoided up to now. cheers pierre -- Pierre-Andre van Leeuwen Electronic Engineer Powered By FreeBSD ******************************** * Nanoteq (Pty) Ltd. * * Specialists in data security * * E-mail : pvl@nanoteq.com * * Ph : +27 (0)12 665-1338 * * http://www.nanoteq.co.za * ********************************