From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 27 16:14:02 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEA4816A4CE for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 16:14:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pimout2-ext.prodigy.net (pimout2-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.63.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32C4343D53 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 16:14:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bob@immure.com) Received: from maul.immure.com (adsl-66-136-206-1.dsl.austtx.swbell.net [66.136.206.1])i8RGE0xQ161644; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 12:14:00 -0400 Received: from luke.immure.com (luke.immure.com [10.1.132.3]) by maul.immure.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i8RGDuuc042158; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 11:13:56 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from bob@immure.com) Received: from luke.immure.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by luke.immure.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i8RGDu7S040593; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 11:13:56 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from bob@luke.immure.com) Received: (from bob@localhost) by luke.immure.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i8RGDuV7040592; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 11:13:56 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from bob) Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 11:13:56 -0500 From: Bob Willcox To: Rob Message-ID: <20040927161356.GB38998@luke.immure.com> References: <415837E3.8000105@pythonemproject.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <415837E3.8000105@pythonemproject.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-immure-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-immure-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: bob@immure.com cc: amd-list Subject: Re: Partioning for a FBSD-64 install X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Bob Willcox List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 16:14:02 -0000 On Mon, Sep 27, 2004 at 08:55:15AM -0700, Rob wrote: > 1. Is it my imagination or is a 64 bit install going to take twice the > space of a regular 32 bit one? Not in my experience. Two systems I have here suggest that although the 64-bit binaries are larger, they are no where near double in size. bob@sidious:pg /usr/bin> uname -a FreeBSD sidious.austin.ibm.com 5.3-BETA5 FreeBSD 5.3-BETA5 #9: Mon Sep 20 13:15:31 CDT 2004 bob@sidious.austin.ibm.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SIDIOUS i386 bob@sidious:pg /usr/bin> du 21418 . bob@qui-gon:p2 /usr/bin> uname -a FreeBSD qui-gon.immure.com 5.3-BETA5 FreeBSD 5.3-BETA5 #16: Fri Sep 24 14:31:21 CDT 2004 bob@qui-gon.immure.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/QUI-GON amd64 bob@qui-gon:p2 /usr/bin> du 26972 . Bob > 2. I have seperate SCSI drives, one for XP-64 and one for FreeBSD-64. > In the past I have used grub to boot between OS's. If #1 is true > then grub will no longer be on a floppy and will have to become > bootable CD unless useable in emulation mode. Is there a grub port for 64? Well, I know nothing about grub... :-) Bob -- Bob Willcox Acquaintance, n.: bob@immure.com A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, Austin, TX but not well enough to lend to. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"