Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 11:58:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Martino <chrismar@peanut.readington.com> To: Thomas Dean <tomdean@ix.netcom.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2nd Hard Drive Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980703115311.3668B-100000@peanut.readington.com> In-Reply-To: <199807031637.JAA02509@ix.netcom.com>
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Thank you for such a promt reply. I have been using FreeBSD 2.2.6 as dangerosly dedicaded for about 3 months now, and in the past 3 months I've seemed to add a whole bunch of ods and ends. Down at the bottem it sounds like you mean I should just totally whipe FreeBSD completly and start over with the new partitions. I don't think I am really willing to do this. At this point it seems as if there is a ton of work involved to have it do what I want to do, so I think I will take my alternative plan of action. That is, every time I need to use Win95, simple unplug the IDE cable from the existing drive and plug it in to the win95 drive. You know, just swap them in and out as needed. I think I can deal with that for a while, or until I just totally lose my mind and go bezerk while doing this. (Gotta have Win95 for those coolio games! =) ). Thanks Again, Chris -- Chris Martino chrismar@readington.com On Fri, 3 Jul 1998, Thomas Dean wrote: > I wasn't trying to jerk you around. This stuff is really in the docs. > Maybe not exactly your situation, but, near enough to answer your > questions. > > What version of FreeBSD are you running and what are you > planning to do with it? > > FAQ: > 2.7. Can Windows 95 co-exist with FreeBSD? > Install Windows 95 first, after that FreeBSD. FreeBSD's boot manager > will then manage to boot Win95 and FreeBSD. If you install Windows 95 > second, it will boorishly overwrite your boot manager without even > asking. If that happens, see the next section. > > Is the FreeBSD disk a "dangerously dedicated disk"? See the FAQ, > section 8.10. Will a ``dangerously dedicated'' disk endanger my > health? > > Read the MS docs. I believe MS will ONLY exist on the primary master > disk. So, you may have to play some games with which disk is first. > > Look at what you have on the existing FreeBSD disk. Look at the > 'disklabel -r' output. This is the basic structure of FreeBSD on a > disk. Think about how you can configure the disks to make your life > easier. > > Look at the tutorials about multi-os. > http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/multios/ > > Read all the things in the FAQ about disks. > > Read section 8 of the handbook. > > Write a plan to do this, on paper. > > If someone MADE me install WIN96, I would put the 3.1GB disk on as > master and the 2.1 as secondary. Put MS on the first DOS partition on > the 3.1. Put FreeBSD on the 2nd DOS partition of the 3.1. This will > be the 2nd slice for FreeBSD, wd0s2. Use the 2.1 as /usr/obj, and > /usr/home. This may allow 'make world' to run faster and lots of room > for users. > > REMEMBER, partition in DOS/MS refers to an entry in the master partition > table on the disk. In FreeBSD, this is a slice. A FreeBSD partition > is a sub-division of a slice. > > FIRST: Install MS in the first DOS partition. THEN: Install FreeBSD > on the 3.1, 2nd slice, wd0s2. Install the boot manager when you > install FreeBSD. This will fix the boot problem some have. > > Boot FreeBSD and mount wd1s1. Use tar to move things from wd1 to > wd0s2. You will want some of the things from /etc. You may have to > put /usr/home on wd0 until you get wd1 setup. Think about what you > want from the existing system and what you can copy from the existing > system rather than have to install over the net. > > Use sysinstall to create a slice on wd1 for FreeBSD. This will zap everything on wd1. Create partitions > > wd1s1a /usr/obj 1GB > wd1s1c entire disk > wd1s1d /usr/home 1GB > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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