Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 07:17:26 -0500 From: Troy Settle <pitlord@usit.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: "Brian N. Handy" <handy@sag.space.lockheed.com> Subject: Re: IDE Questions Message-ID: <32D784D6.12D3@usit.net> References: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970110143723.1014E-100000@localhost>
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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 -- .signature files suck a big one http://www.public.usit.net/pitlord
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