From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 5 11:46:52 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id LAA27775 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 5 Dec 1996 11:46:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id LAA27770 for ; Thu, 5 Dec 1996 11:46:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.3/8.6.12) with SMTP id LAA08407; Thu, 5 Dec 1996 11:46:48 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 11:46:48 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: someone.else@montana.nwlink.com cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD on slave drive In-Reply-To: <32A681C1.3F54@nwlink.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 5 Dec 1996, cjay wrote: > I would like to play with FreeBSD, but before I install it I need to > know if you can boot into FreeBSD from a drive other than the "C:" > drive. Absolutely. > I know you can tell it to do that if you have a boot manager installed, > but what I need to know is do I HAVE to have ANY part of FreeBSD on the > "C:" drive? (master IDE drive in a 2 drive system). No, it's not a requirement. It depends on how much space you have available. > I run Windows 95 (I know, I know) from a 1.6 gig Seagate which > is configured as the Master IDE drive. > > I just have some files in storage on a Maxtor 540meg drive which > is configured as the Slave IDE drive which I intend to blowout. Hey, I have one of those! It was my primary FreeBSD disk for quite some time. > I do NOT want ANY part of FreeBSD on my Seagate. > It can have free reign, however, on my Maxtor. > Is this possible? No problem! I had the exact same situation as you (Except I had a WD 1gb instead of a Seagate) until I swapped the contents of my WD 1G and the 540 (need...more...space!). Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major