From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 2 23:54:59 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA17557 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 2 Dec 1996 23:54:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (gatekeeper.barcode.co.il [192.116.93.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA17552 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 1996 23:54:54 -0800 (PST) Received: (from smap@localhost) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (8.7.5/8.6.12) id JAA02024; Tue, 3 Dec 1996 09:54:21 +0200 (IST) X-Authentication-Warning: gatekeeper.barcode.co.il: smap set sender to using -f Received: from localhost.barcode.co.il(127.0.0.1) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il via smap (V1.3) id sma002022; Tue Dec 3 09:53:54 1996 Message-ID: <32A3DC38.207E@barcode.co.il> Date: Tue, 03 Dec 1996 09:52:24 +0200 From: Nadav Eiron X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5 sun4m) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Edward Zhuang CC: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 2 HDDs References: <32A4AA0A.2728@Xavier.vic.edu.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Edward Zhuang wrote: > > I have 2 harddisks on my PC running MS-DOS and Windows 3.11. I would > like to install freeBSD onto one of 2 HDDs. Could you please help me how > to do that. > Please send e-mail to edward.zhuang@xavier.vic.edu.au > Thanx a lot. If you have unpartitioned space on your hard disks, then you can simply install FreeBSD there. Just read the installation instruction on www.freebsd.org and follow the instructions. If you don't have free space you may want to look in the fips utility that comes with FreeBSD, or at the comercial software package ParitionMagic (http://www.powerquest.com). Both let you shrink a FAT partition to create unpartitioned space. If your disks are (E)IDE then there are some other points to consider: 1. Most machines would require the root partition to go below the 504MB mark on the disk. This is not a major problem because the root partition can be fairly small (~20MB will suffice for most installations). 2. If you have an ATAPI (IDE) CDROM you may have to move it around to get it to work. The configuration that works best *most* of the time is: Primary Controller: HDD as Master, CD as Slave Secondary Controller: Second HD If you have that configuration you may find it easier to install at least the root partition on the first HD. It can be installed on the second disk, but it will require something like 1:wd(2,a)/kernel at the boot prompt and/or a kernel rebuild. Good Luck Nadav