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Date:      Fri, 3 Nov 2000 08:53:05 +0100
From:      "James A Wilde" <james.wilde@tbv.se>
To:        "Jeffrey Vehrs" <jwvehrs@netzero.net>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: Compaq laptop - W2K/FBSD slice scheme
Message-ID:  <NEBBLHNJHLFCJGCBFDKIKEDBCCAA.james.wilde@tbv.se>
In-Reply-To: <20001102183202.A96574@hydrogen.vehrs.org>

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeffrey Vehrs [mailto:jwvehrs@netzero.net]

> Well, how big is ur hd? From my experience with W2K & FBSD on
> TP600 w/ 4Gb hd,

Sorry, Jeffrey, an essential piece of information was lacking.  The hard
disk is 12 Gb.

> 1.5Gb for W2K & 2.5 for FBSD. I used "Auto Defaults for all!" in Disklabel
> Editor. Anyway, I'd allow at least 2Gb for W2K if you have 6Gb or more hd.
> Really, it's totally up to you on how much you plan to use OS.

My question really addressed the problem of getting the whole of / and the
Windows boot partition within the limits set for each operating system,
which, I seem to remember involved 1023 cylinders.

mvh/regards

James



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