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From: Troy Settle <pitlord@usit.net>
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Doug White wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 10 Jan 1997, Brian N. Handy wrote:
> 
> > >  [wd0 -- DOS]
> > >  [wd1 -- 1GB DOS, 1.4GB FreeBSD]
> >
> >
> > >>  (2)  Can I have a 1GB Win95 partition ahead in front of it?
> > >
> > >Not on the same disk.
> >
> > Does this mean I need to make the whole second disk FreeBSD?  Or just the
> > first partition?  I'm guessing this guy wants more DOS space, so I can't
> > just eat the whole disk I'm afraid.  Can I just make the DOS partition
> > somewhat smaller, or put the FreeBSD partition first on that drive?
> 
> If he shrank the Win95 partition, yes.  Most PC BIOSs can only boot
> partitions below Cylinder 1024, which is about 500mb or so depending on
> the disk.  So, if the Win95 partition was dropped to 475mb or so, then
> you could start FreeBSD.
> 
> Optionally, you can make a separate root slice below 1024 and put the rest
> of the filesystem above it, but that is not easy and I don't have the
> procedure handy.  You have to use fdisk and disklabel creatively.

Easiest way I can think of, without loosing win95, would be to boot
win95,
back up C: to the other HD, resize C: to leave enough room to put a
FreeBSD root slice (and swap) on wd0 (say, 30megs + swap).  Then, AFTER
restoring win95 to it's new (smaller) home, and makign sure it works, 
go ahead with the FreeBSD install.  Should work fine.  I've used similar
schemes to have 5 different systems going at once ;)

have fun,
Troy

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