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Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 22:36:14 -0500
From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>
To: Philotic Strand <philote@impulse.net>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: partition type
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In the last episode (Jun 03), Philotic Strand said:
> hi, i'm curious about a couple things. First off, what type of
> partition is required for freebsd? Currently using a win9x based os,
> what is the best way to partition off a chunk for freebsd?

To install, FreeBSD requires one primary partition slot and
unpartitioned free space.  Creating the space can be done with
Partition Resizer or FIPS (both on the tools subdir of the CD and in
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/FreBSD/tools).

> And how, once the chunk is broken off and freebsd is installed, do I
> alternate between OS's?

During the install, you will be asked about boot managers.  Pick
"booteasy".  It'll replace the win95 MBR with a simple "F1..  F2.."
menu.

	-Dan Nelson
	dnelson@emsphone.com


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