Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 12:23:32 -0400 From: gkaplan <gkaplan@castle.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: disk > 8.4g Message-ID: <37E7B103.FC425457@castle.net>
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Looking for confirmation: I have just installed a second disk such that now I have a primary/master of 4.3G and a primary/slave of 13.5G. there is presently nothing on the slave. The primary has w95b col2.2 and fbsd2.2.8. My impression is : 1.) To integrate the disk at its full capacity I would have to used a disk manager - that is if I wanted to have full access to the 13.5G disk under win95 (ditto for win95 with PartitionMagic). 2.) col2.2 and fbsd2.2.8 both would have no trouble accessing the full 13.5 with the exception of booting through lilo ( it seems that it might be easier - because a lack of in-depth knowledge of the systems - to partition with col2.2 but that fdsd2.2.8 would provide greater control over the partitioning operation.) Presently I am using Boot Manager (PM4.0) to boot any one of the 3 operating systems mentioned above. My intention is to use the 13.5 (7200 rpm) drive for linux col2.3 and fbsd3.2 and 4.3 (3600 rpm) for w95b. I will leave w95 on the master to avoid having to reinstall. Col2.x seem to provide more freedom of choice in that it can be installed in an auxiliary partition, therefore I will place fdsb in the first partition and linux in an aux. partition where I will have space for logical drives below 1024 cylinders. I will continue to use Boot Manager it will be updated to boot /dev/hdbx and/or dev/wdc1sx as required. Is there a flaw in this logic? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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