Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 14:42:37 +1100 From: Ross George <georger@cuftas.com.au> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FAT32 Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19981116144237.006a6304@po.cuftas.com.au> In-Reply-To: <000501be1007$ee6ba4c0$2c0edec2@dell>
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At 19:49 14/11/98 -0000, you wrote: >Here's my problem. I have 1 >physical IDE drive partitioned >into 4 FAT32 logical drives, C >D E and F. If I have Win98 on >C, FreeBSD on D and data on E >and F, can i: > >a) install FreeBSD on D >without losing or converting >ANY data on the other drives? > >b) Use FreeBSD with a FAT32 >drive? > >c) Dual Boot Win98 and >FreeBSD? If so, how? > >I would really appreciate some >clarification. > >-David Williams - >williams@wilroy.demon.co.uk > There is a problem to keep in mind when installing FreeBSD onto logical partitions: the root (/) partition must start before physical sectore number 1024. Therefore you are best off installing FreeBSD on your C: partion, or on D: if C: is small. FreeBSD has its own boot manager, but beware - if you re-install win95/98 after installing FreeBSD, the boot partition will be overwritten. Another handy hint - FAT16 drives may be mounted on a FreeBSD system. See the "mount -t msdos" command for more details. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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