Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 13:35:39 -0500 From: "Norm" <nrichard47@telus.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: installing FreeBSD along with Windows XP Message-ID: <005601c1a761$6ba61f80$24d8e8d8@mike>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Dear Sir: I have a new P4 1.8GHz with 512 MB RDRAM and 60GB HDD which I have split int two drives (C,D). I plan on using Drive C for Windows XP and Drive D for FreeBSD. 1) Can you tell me whether it is better to use NTFS file formatting or FAT32 for either or both drives? Pros and cons of using either file systems? 2) I believe XP has MBR capability! (for multiple boot systems) If that is so, can it be used successfully with FreeBSD and how is it activated? 3) From reading the material on your site, I understand that I can create my own bootable CD ROM, I tried with the BSD 4.4 folder but all I got was a copy of the files. Is it the ISO 4.4 image file (Disc 1 & 2) that will create the CD Boot Disks? 4) Do I need to format the drive D before installing FreeBSD? Any othe advice you have will be welcomed. Thank you. Normand Richard [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2712.300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Sir:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a new P4 1.8GHz with 512 MB RDRAM and 60GB HDD which I have split int two drives (C,D). I plan on using Drive C for Windows XP and Drive D for FreeBSD.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1) Can you tell me whether it is better to use NTFS file formatting or FAT32 for either or both drives? Pros and cons of using either file systems?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2) I believe XP has MBR capability! (for multiple boot systems) If that is so, can it be used successfully with FreeBSD and how is it activated?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3) From reading the material on your site, I understand that I can create my own bootable CD ROM, I tried with the BSD 4.4 folder but all I got was a copy of the files. Is it the ISO 4.4 image file (Disc 1 & 2) that will create the CD Boot Disks?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>4) Do I need to format the drive D before installing</FONT> <FONT face=Arial size=2>FreeBSD?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any othe advice you have will be welcomed.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Normand Richard</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>help
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