Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 21:43:03 -0700 From: Tim Gerchmez <fewtch@serv.net> To: higginsj@iname.com Cc: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Where to get Windows Internet stuff/ More on Windows & BSD Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980615214303.007f7960@mx.serv.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980616002206.619A-100000@minos.dyn.ml.org> References: <3.0.5.32.19980615205003.007ef680@mx.serv.net>
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At 12:33 AM 6/16/98 -0400, James wrote: >I have also used some scientific apps that make HEAVY use of /var and >/tmp. As in hunderds of megs. If this was the case then both you / and >/var partitions would be in trouble. The morale, think about what you >want the machine for before writing the partition table or disk label. Weren't these scientific apps configurable to use different directories, say custom dirs in /usr? If not, they weren't very well written. >Not everyone has the luxury of another drive, so use FIPS and shave >another partition off that windows partition and use it for something. >This is all the beauty of a hierarchal filesystem. I use the text-mode version of Partition Magic, which is a little more powerful than FIPS but essentially the same thing. But you're right, it's fairly easy to make adjustments. The only problem is, Win95 is overly sensitive to your system configuration. If you make its partition smaller or larger, it will know it somehow and you'll have problems (probably a setting somewhere in the system.dat portion of the registry). I've found this out from experience. So I don't play around with resizing partitions containing Win95. -- My web site starts at http://www.serv.net/~fewtch/index.html - lots of goodies for everyone, have a look if you have the time. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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