Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 16:39:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Bryce Newall <data@dreamhaven.net> To: jericho <jerichow@commons.aim-smart.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: triple boot system Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.981021163352.437g-100000@ds9.dreamhaven.org> In-Reply-To: <000101bdfd47$14bd5660$548a2399@default>
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On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, jericho wrote: > it- Do I need to add a new partition to install free bsd or can it reside in > a folder on any of these partitions? FreeBSD will need its own partition.. or preferably, partitions. Usually it's a good idea to have certain directories, like /var or /usr, on partitions other than the root partition. Doesn't have to be on a separate drive (although having /usr on a separate drive will boost performance a bit). > 2. Will freebsd partition whatever partition I install it to with FFS? I don't know what FFS is, but yes, FreeBSD will create a partition. Note though, that like fdisk, FreeBSD's fdisk will wipe out any existing partitions. (See below.) > 3. What modifications do I need to make to NTLOADR for freebsd to be a boot > option along with win98 and nt? As far as I know, none, but then again I've never installed FreeBSD in conjunction with NT. I have FreeBSD running on a separate machine. I do have NT Workstation coexisting on the same hard drive as Linux, though, and Linux's loader loads into the master boot record of the drive, where NT's boot loader loads into the boot sector of its partition. Thus, LILO (the Linux Loader) kicks in first and gives me the choice of booting into Linux or into "DOS". If I pick "DOS", then the NT loader comes up and lets me go into NT Workstation, or NT Workstation in VGA mode. > 4. Here is the setup of my drives , do you have any suggestions on the > install? > Total free > C: (windows and boot partition) 1.67gb 646mb | > D: (applications) 1.99gb 1.25gb| Seagate 6.5GB disk > E: (swap file and page file) 1.04gb 524mb | > F: (files) 1.32gb 1.04gb| For your own ease, I'd suggest installing FreeBSD on your F: drive, because since you'll have to repartition it (destroying what's there), F: appears to have the least amount of stuff on it that would have to move to another drive first (or back up). However, I just noticed that you mentioned Partition Magic down below, so you could just shrink down your F: partition, and then let FreeBSD create a partition in the empty space. ********************************************************************** * Bryce Newall * Email: data@dreamhaven.net * * WWW: http://home.dreamhaven.net/~data * * "Insanity takes its toll. Please have exact change." * ********************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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