Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 12:03:33 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: mark <mjacob@cableone.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Disk access (was: FreeBSD questions) Message-ID: <20000703120333.V39024@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <001c01bfe497$40219300$67047418@oemcomputer> References: <001c01bfe497$40219300$67047418@oemcomputer>
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On Sunday, 2 July 2000 at 21:34:44 -0500, mark wrote: > Couple questions about FreeBSD: > > 1) Does FreeBSD support the Promise ATA/66 Controller card? Yes. > If so, are there any special instructions that need to be > followed to configure the card No. > 2) Can FreeBSD be used on a partitioned disk with windows 98 SE? If so, > where should FreeBSD be located on the hard drive (ie. front 3 gigs or > can it be located on the back 3 gigs)? The only restriction is that you must place your root file system where the BIOS can boot from it. Modern BIOSes can boot from at least the first 8 GB of disk. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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