From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 29 19:48:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA23542 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 19:48:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pop02.globecomm.net (pop02.globecomm.net [206.253.129.186]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA23536 for ; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 19:48:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from zen@buddhist.com) Received: from WhizKid (r21.bfm.org [208.18.213.117]) by pop02.globecomm.net (8.9.0/8.8.0) with SMTP id WAA09191; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 22:48:35 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.19981229214755.0089d100@mail.bfm.org> X-Sender: Stanislav@mail.bfm.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 21:47:55 -0600 To: "Zenja Ivkovic" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: "G. Adam Stanislav" Subject: Re: In-Reply-To: <19981230015556.8114.qmail@hotmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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! ===> Whiz Kid Technomagic <=== http://www.whizkidtech.net/ The resource center for webmasters and web users Winner of the Starting Point Hot Site award Winner of the Lighthouse Award Home of the Web Magic Award To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message