Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 08:58:51 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz> To: Jdkirtland@aol.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OSes Message-ID: <20000324085851.A57542@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <77.264591c.260aff5c@aol.com>; from Jdkirtland@aol.com on Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 12:02:20AM -0500 References: <77.264591c.260aff5c@aol.com>
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On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 12:02:20AM -0500, Jdkirtland@aol.com wrote:
> I am interested in installing several operating systems on my personal
> computer. I just purchased a 27 GB hard drive and I plan to partition it to
> hold some or all of the following: Windows 98 and 2000, Gentus and RedHat
> 6.1 Linux, BeOS 4.5 or 5.0, FreeDOS, and FreeBSD. I was looking for any
> input on the best way to partition the drive, in which order i should install
> the OSes, and what boot manager is best to use.
You need to install the Micro$oft ones first, commercial ones next,
free ones last. There are a few boot managers around, the one that I
most prefer is OS-BS Beta.
>Also I was wondering if
> there is one file system with which i could format a large partition (10-20
> GB) so that it would be visible and accessible from all (or most) of the
> operating systems. Thanks for any input you can provide.
The only one that most others will recognise is FAT, but it's one of
the most crippled file-system there is. Not recommended.
Jonathan Chen
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If it jams - force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.
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