Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 21:47:55 -0600 From: "G. Adam Stanislav" <zen@buddhist.com> To: "Zenja Ivkovic" <izenja@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19981229214755.0089d100@mail.bfm.org> In-Reply-To: <19981230015556.8114.qmail@hotmail.com>
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At 17:55 29-12-1998 PST, Zenja Ivkovic wrote:
>I saw on the multiple-os page that they use multiple drives and they
>'split' the drives into sections. My question is, can I have both
>FreeBSD and Windows95 on my single hard disk (not regarding disk space)?
Yes, you can. You need to download a program called fips from freebsd.org.
Then you need to defrag your driver from Windows. Then you need to exit
Windows entirely (Start/Shutdown/Restart the computer/Yes). When the
computer is restarting, you need to press the F8 key to get to the Windows
boot manager. Choose to load DOS alone. (Make sure you go through all this,
not just "restart in DOS mode"--as I mentioned in a previous message, that
option does not exit Windows!)
Then run fips. It will tell you how much disk space you have available at
the end of the drive. Tell it how much you need for FreeBSD (I said 80 Meg,
and that is way too little, I'd ask for at least 500 Meg if I had to do it
all over again, and if I had that much available). Make sure to keep some
for Windows, too.
Fips will then create a new DOS partition on your hard disk. After that,
run fdisk from the DOS prompt, and tell it to delete the new partition (DO
NOT tell it to delete the partition Windows is on or you'll lose everything
permanently!!!).
Now reboot with your FreeBSD install floppy, and enjoy the ride! (At one
point, you will get to a disk label program which lets you slice your
available disk space, a concept that seems similar to DOS partitioning.
Note that you can go over your existing DOS partition, and press M - that
will allow you to mount your DOS partition under FBSD - you will be asked
to name it, I named mine /dos. If you do that, you will be able to read all
your DOS/Windows files from FreeBSD, even copy them on your FreeBSD disk. I
love this option: Not being quite comfortable with Unix ways yet, I edit my
C code under Windows, then compile it under FreeBSD. Absolute charm! And it
is read-only, so you cannot accidentally mess up your Windows configuration.)
Adam
P.S. For best results, restart Windows right before defragging, so your
swap file is at its smallest. Also, you may want to tell your web browser
to clear the disk cache before you restart: You'd be surprised how much
disk space you may suddenly have. And if you use your trash can, empty
that, as well as your documents folder - all these "features" just waste
your disk space!
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