From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Jan 11 15:24:37 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from uranus.interscope.ro (unknown [193.226.188.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C907837B404 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 15:24:12 -0800 (PST) Received: by URANUS with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 01:20:52 +0200 Message-ID: From: Stefan KORONKA To: 'Petros Sidiropoulos' , freeBSD-newbies@Freebsd.org Subject: RE: plan to install FreeBSD 4.2 Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 01:20:48 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > hello, I need some advice > My system is K6-350MHz, 128 MB RAM and I have two Hard > disk(one 20GB and one > 8GB) > The first disk (primary master) is as follows: > 1 partition (C: 14GB), I use this partition for windows me. > 2 partition (D: 5GB), "" for windows 2000 > 3 partition (Linux native 1GB) > 4 partition (Linux Swap 200MB) > > I plan to partition the second disk (primary slave) like this : > 1 partition (FreeBSD) > 2 partition (NetBSD) > 3 partition (OpenBSD) > 4 partition (GNU/Hurd) I already have this partition. > Is all that sufficient ? i think that 7 OSes on one system can be considered "sufficient" :) > Do I have any problem with boot all > of these OSes? well, what you have to check: 1. the harware is supported by all these os-es. its seems pretty standard hardware, so it should not be any problem - but who knows ?! 2. i dunno if linux can boot over the 1024 cylinder - so, putting it in the end of the 20GB disk might not be such a good idea. if it don't boot, you know why (you just have to put the root partition in the first 1024cyl). 3. find a good boot manager, who fits your needs (booting all that oses, from the first and second disk). from my point of view, the FreeBSD's boot manager is good for this, but you might find something else. also, take care where you put lilo (in the mbr if you want to use it as the boot manager, or better in the first sector of the linux's partition - so that you can put other boot manager to handle the first disk). 4. install winme first, win2k second, and the rest should not matter. for more info regarding the FreeBSD's instalation, you should ask on questions@freebsd.org; for the other oses, find the proper lists or tech support. stefan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message