Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 09:26:12 -0700 From: Rob <rob2@pythonemproject.com> To: Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com>, amd-list <freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Partioning for a FBSD-64 install Message-ID: <41583F24.40305@pythonemproject.com> In-Reply-To: <20040927161356.GB38998@luke.immure.com> References: <415837E3.8000105@pythonemproject.com> <20040927161356.GB38998@luke.immure.com>
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Bob Willcox wrote: > On Mon, Sep 27, 2004 at 08:55:15AM -0700, Rob wrote: > >>1. Is it my imagination or is a 64 bit install going to take twice the >>space of a regular 32 bit one? > > > Not in my experience. Two systems I have here suggest that although the > 64-bit binaries are larger, they are no where near double in size. > > bob@sidious:pg /usr/bin> uname -a > FreeBSD sidious.austin.ibm.com 5.3-BETA5 FreeBSD 5.3-BETA5 #9: Mon Sep 20 13:15:31 CDT 2004 bob@sidious.austin.ibm.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SIDIOUS i386 > bob@sidious:pg /usr/bin> du > 21418 . > > bob@qui-gon:p2 /usr/bin> uname -a > FreeBSD qui-gon.immure.com 5.3-BETA5 FreeBSD 5.3-BETA5 #16: Fri Sep 24 14:31:21 CDT 2004 bob@qui-gon.immure.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/QUI-GON amd64 > bob@qui-gon:p2 /usr/bin> du > 26972 . > > Bob > > >>2. I have seperate SCSI drives, one for XP-64 and one for FreeBSD-64. >>In the past I have used grub to boot between OS's. If #1 is true >> then grub will no longer be on a floppy and will have to become >>bootable CD unless useable in emulation mode. Is there a grub port for 64? > > > Well, I know nothing about grub... :-) > > Bob > Thank you. That info is what I needed for install. I can always tweek the bios to boot into the right drive. Rob.
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