Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 11:38:12 -0600 (MDT) From: "Ryan Sommers" <ryans@gamersimpact.com> To: dmwassman@cox.net Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WinXP and FreeBSD configuration problems Message-ID: <2612.66.166.104.222.1123263492.squirrel@66.166.104.222> In-Reply-To: <20050805024429.PWWN8255.eastrmmtao03.cox.net@smtp.east.cox.net> References: <20050805024429.PWWN8255.eastrmmtao03.cox.net@smtp.east.cox.net>
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dmwassman@cox.net said: > ad0s0 NTFS 2G #Windows Boot > ad0s1 FreeBSD 2G #FreeBSD Boot/Swap > ad0s3 FAT 20G #Windows > ad0s4 FreeBSD 298G #FreeBSD > ... extra stuff eliminated ... Why the miniscule 2gb partitions? Honestly, they are pointless. Second, worrying about the performance of boot and swap on a computer with a 320GB harddrive? Again pointless. If you are worried about the performance of your swap space I would rethink running Windows XP because you have way too little RAM. Third, why are you making seperate partitions for boot and swap anyway? >From here on out I'm going to revert to the BSD style where you say partition I will now call it a slice. FreeBSD can reside on a single slice. The BSD disklabel'er divides the FreeBSD slice into partitions, for things like swap, and file-systems. My recommendations to you are as follows: 1) Don't worry about where things are on the disk. You're complicating the hell out of everything and in the end you probably won't notice a difference. If you're that worried about performance invest in multiple SCSI disks and create multiple RAID arrays optimized for performance. 2) Don't worry about making seperate slices (the things you can only make 4 of). 3) Make a single slice for Windows and install it there. It's good to make it the first slice on the disk, but not necessary. Then install FreeBSD to another slice. Let FreeBSD overwrite the MBR with the standard boot manager. This has worked countless times for me. I've always dual booted my laptops with FreeBSD and a Windows OS. Just me .02. If you'd like feel free to contact me personally and I'd be glad to help you get started. -- Ryan Sommers ryans@gamersimpact.com
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