Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 10:48:28 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: kenzo_chin@hotmail.com (Kenzo) Cc: jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu (Jerry McAllister), vriviere@snv.jussieu.fr (Visotheary Riviere-Ung), questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dual-Boot Windows 2000 and FreeBSD 4.6 Message-ID: <200211211548.gALFmSi24316@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <DAV38asSmz6UuEhjJ8u00000f5f@hotmail.com> from "Kenzo" at Nov 21, 2002 09:43:54 AM
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> > I don't believe that you need to use something like partition magic. > You can just specify the partition or slice size for windows when you > install it and leave the rest untouch. > Then when you go to install FBSD you will see the DOS partition and unused > slices. Well, if you have to start over and can get it to only use a portion of the disk for W2K, then you are right. But if you already have an installed disk, the chances are it is using the whole thing and youw will have to shrink some stuff to make room for the FreeBSd slice. ////jerry > Don't touch the DOS slice, it is the win2k stuff. > Create a FBSD slice using the unused space. > You have to remember to use a boot manager. I prefer FBSD's. If you don't > do that, you have to go in windows and edit a file that I forgot the name in > order to dual boot. > > ----- Original Message ----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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