Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 17:30:45 -0400 From: User & Ian Patrick Thomas <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com> To: Laidler <laidler@mediaone.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie Installing Message-ID: <20010723173045.A5640@localhost> In-Reply-To: <LPBBLEHLKFBBEEJEGHKDIEDJCBAA.laidler@mediaone.net>; from laidler@mediaone.net on Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 04:30:55PM -0400 References: <LPBBLEHLKFBBEEJEGHKDIEDJCBAA.laidler@mediaone.net>
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As it was put forth by Laidler on Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 04:30:55PM -0400... > Hi, > > I am thinking of exploring the world of FreeBSD so I have decided to go > ahead and install FreeBSD4.3 on a laptop parition of 1.11gigs. First thing I > would like to know is if this is enough for the base and X. Second, I want > to install on a Fat32 partition so, sould I just boot from a win32 boot > disk, format the drive, reboot and stick in the FreeBSD CD? > > Thanks for all your help > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message 1.11 gigs is enough for base and X. You cannot install on a Fat32 partition. You need to give FreeBSD its own slice(in FreeBSD lingo, what you call a partition is a slice, and you cutup your FreeBSD slice into partitions for /, /usr, /var, /tmp, etc.) If the whole disk is Fat32 you can use the free software called FIPS for shrinking this partition. That way you will have room for BSD. After doing this, then put in the CDROM and follow the instructions. Make a backup of windows if you have anything important on it. Ian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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