Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 19:50:15 -0700 From: Studded <Studded@san.rr.com> To: jjones@unixg.ubc.ca Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NT and FreeBSD Message-ID: <35342067.2EDC59BB@san.rr.com> References: <199804142348.QAA27039@relay.unixg.ubc.ca>
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jjones@unixg.ubc.ca wrote: > > I am coming from a background of using unix but not installing > software. > > I have read and reread: > > chapters 2-5 of Complete FreeBSD 2nd ed > the website tutorial on multiple OS > FAQ 8.7 on NT loader > archives from the questions list These are good things to read. :) > *Except* for the FAQ, there are warnings everywhere about the > cylinder 1024 limit. This warning seems tied to an assumption that > BIOS and DOS/Windows95 are involved. So, Those warnings are slightly misleading, since the dependance on DOS is related to the way that freebsd creates slices. The slices are created in such a way as to be compatible with DOS partitions, so some of the same limitations exist. > If I want NT 4 as my only other OS, can I follow the FAQ and use the > NT loader to boot FreeBSD, with FreeBSD loacted in the third GB of a > 3 GB IDE hard disk, and NT occupying the first two GB? The answer to this is a moving target. I recommend doing a minimal installation first and see if it works. > A few more questions: > > Can the NT file system be NTFS before FreeBSD is installed, or does > it have to be FAT? Doesn't matter, the freebsd install will delete the slice/partition and create it anew. > Will fips work OK with either file system? I would be highly skeptical about using fips with partitions that large and/or ntfs partitions/slices. > Is there any preference between fips or partitioning as NT loads? I'm not sure what you're referring to here. > Is the preparation with defrag (Norton utilities for NT, since I > don't have DOS ...) and partitioning likely to put NT into a snit? I have never run NT so I can't help you here, sorry. Good luck, Doug -- *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** *** Proud operator, designer and maintainer of the world's largest *** Internet Relay Chat server. 5,328 clients and still growing. *** Try spider.dal.net on ports 6662-4 (Powered by FreeBSD) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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