Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 16:43:08 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> To: "N6REJ" <n6rej@tcsn.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How do I install properly Message-ID: <000f01c0d78a$26f65370$0300a8c0@oracle> References: <001e01c0d789$3424eb20$089aca3f@disappointment>
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The easy / troublefree way is to put one operating system per hard drive, and avoid the use of messy bootmanagers to load whatever OS you want. I prefer those removable hard drive brackets that let you exchange a drive in seconds. ----- Original Message ----- From: "N6REJ" <n6rej@tcsn.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 4:36 PM Subject: How do I install properly > Hello everyone, sorry to bother y'all but I'm having a heck of a time > installing FreeBSD Properly. > I'm installing via boot floopies and ppp ftp. I have a 1.2g partition on my > 2nd harddrive that I'm willing to dedicate to it. My primary is Windows. > (ME if it makes a diff ) > the major thing I'm not too sure about is whether I should tell it I want it > to put things in the boot partition or not, and then wether I need to make > drive c "bootable" or not. I mean I know it needs to be for dos, and it is > currently of course, but FBSD does'nt seem to recognize that fact. I > thought I had it done right this morning but after I powered down it said > bad partition. > I want c: drive to be accesible as /c and d: as /d: ( ESPECIALLY D: ) which > are both FAT32 so that I can easily retrieve files I have stored there and > put somethere 2 if I choose too. > Please help. > Otherwise I'll just stay with Linux > > Troy > n6rej@tcsn.net > "I do not understand what I do, for what I want to do I do not do but what I > hate I do" > Rom 7:15 NIV > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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