From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 27 18:21:46 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 350FD16A41F for ; Tue, 27 Dec 2005 18:21:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from smtp3.suscom.net (smtp3.suscom.net [64.78.119.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B86EA43D7B for ; Tue, 27 Dec 2005 18:21:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by smtp3.suscom.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B0AF210168 for ; Tue, 27 Dec 2005 13:21:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from smtp3.suscom.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp3.suscom.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 15914-01-32 for ; Tue, 27 Dec 2005 13:21:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from seibercom.net (ip148.217.susc.suscom.net [216.45.217.148]) by smtp3.suscom.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 8852921016A for ; Tue, 27 Dec 2005 13:21:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (//gerard [192.168.0.2]) by seibercom.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id jBRILOca084980 for ; Tue, 27 Dec 2005 13:21:24 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 13:21:26 -0500 From: Gerard Seibert To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: gerard@seibercom.net Organization: Seibercom.net In-Reply-To: <20051227103904.6cb83f0e@grokwell.org> References: <001301c60b00$7d3fb330$c5ddfea9@storyopom7s0ow> <20051227103904.6cb83f0e@grokwell.org> X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q Message-Id: <20051227131407.BA44.GERARD@seibercom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.24.01 [en] X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at suscom.net Subject: Re: Quick Install Question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 18:21:46 -0000 On Tuesday, December 27, 2005 11:39:04 AM "Andrew L. Gould" Subject: Re: Quick Install Question Wrote these words of wisdom: > On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 10:13:30 -0600 > "Daniel Goldberg" wrote: > > > Dear FreeBSD- [..] > > 1. Install Windows first, in the first partition. If you want FreeBSD > to be able to write to the Windows partition, use the fat32 format > instead of NTFS. Do NOT create this partition to use the entire disk > as the FreeBSD installation does not include tools to resize the > existing Windows partition. > > 2. See more documentation regarding FreeBSD installation at: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html > > Best of luck, > > Andrew Gould ***** REPLY SEPARATOR ***** On 10/11/2005 5:29:42 PM, Gerard Replied: Perhaps I am missing something here, but I have WinXP installed on one of my computers. The HD is formatted with NTFS, not fat32. Using Samba, i can both read and write to this disk. Maybe I am missing something from the original posters message. -- Gerard Seibert gerard@seibercom.net As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular. Oscar Wilde