Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 09:06:04 -0800 From: Eric Hedstrom <erich@compecon.com> To: Carson Saunders <casaunde@vt.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help with installation!!! Please!! Message-ID: <349957FC.DB11C31A@compecon.com> References: <3498E40E.6521@vt.edu>
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Actually you can install it anywhere on the drive, assuming your computer is set to use LBA mode. The limit is really that it has to be within the first 1024 cylinders, which was 504MB on old non-LBA- supporting systems. So go for it! :) Eric Hedstrom erich@compecon.com Carson Saunders wrote: > > I just got a release of FreeBSD, 2.2.1 I think it is. I was reading in > the manual about installation and it says that since I have an EIDE hard > disk that I should install BSD into the first 504MB of the drive. My > problem is that I have Win95 on the first 2GB of my drive. Do I need to > redo the whole disk with BSD first? Any pointers or bits of advice? I > would really appreciate your help. If the info is needed, I have a > 266Mhz Pentium II with 64 Megs RAM with 4GB drive. Please help!!!! > > Thanks in advance > Carson Saunders > casaunde@vt.edu
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