From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 12 16:46:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA22678 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 16:46:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA22670 for ; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 16:46:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA26450; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 16:45:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 16:45:55 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Jun Chen cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hard disk size In-Reply-To: <364B2A45.4CCBEC6E@usclearing.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Jun Chen wrote: > Hi, > > I have old 486DX66, a 420M HD and a 1.6G HD. > > Myquestions are: > > 1. Will the PC BIOS (I think it's pretty old now) limits FBSD to handle > the HD which is > large than 540M ? No, but your BIOS won't be able to boot the system if it's installed past the 500mb / 1024 cylinder limit. > 2. Supposse FBSD is installed in the second drive (drive D) and the only > booting sequece is A:, C:(according to the BIOS), will FBSD be able to > boot? Can Boot Manager handle this? Is Boot Manager always installed in > the C drive. Yes. > 3. If I choose to install everything(select 'ALL', 'All'... during the > process), how much HD space do I need? (My 420M HD seems not enough) You need upwards of 1GB for *everything*, which is pretty excessive. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message