Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 19:58:57 -0400 (EDT) From: rhh@ct.picker.com (Randall Hopper) To: bsoben@ix.netcom.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Partitioning Hard Disks Message-ID: <199609172358.TAA12107@elmer.ct.picker.com> In-Reply-To: <323CF408.5743@ix.netcom.com> from "Barry Soben" at Sep 15, 96 11:30:32 pm
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|Do I have to make a separate non-DOS partition for FreeBSD to reside in?
|Also, is there something like LILO that will allow me to select the
|operating system I want? (Win95 or BSD)
Yes FreeBSD does need its own partition. If you don't have space and need
to "down-size" your DOS partition, you could use a program called FIPS,
which was written for this purpose (on ftp.freebsd.org). However, I've
read a number of posts on the lists to the effect that doing so increases
your chances for corrupting those FIPS-downsized DOS partitions when
accessing the partitions from FreeBSD. It would seem a fresh backup/normal
repartition/install OR buying another hard disk might be a better solution,
unless you don't intend to modify your DOS partitions from FreeBSD
(i.e. don't mount them or mount them read-only).
And to your second question, there are a number of programs out there to
multi-boot between multiple operating systems. I've found OS/BS (v2.0b8)
the most flexible for my needs, but the FreeBSD default boot loader
BOOTEASY works well too.
Both versions of OS/BS can be found at:
ftp://ftp/freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/tools/dos-tools
Randall Hopper
rhh@ct.picker.com
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