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Date:      Wed, 5 Apr 2000 18:22:22 +0300
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        spider 90 <spider90@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: partitions
Message-ID:  <20000405182222.E1808@hades.hell.gr>
In-Reply-To: <20000405021424.40418.qmail@hotmail.com>; from spider90@hotmail.com on Wed, Apr 05, 2000 at 02:14:24AM %2B0000
References:  <20000405021424.40418.qmail@hotmail.com>

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On Wed, Apr 05, 2000 at 02:14:24AM +0000, spider 90 wrote:
>      Howdy folks:) Attempting to install freebsd and linux on my
> 30gig hard drive. I already have windows 98 there and would like to
> partion 5gigs to freebsd, another to linux, then the rest leave to
> the already existing windows o/s. What is the best route. I read
> in complete freebsd that fips doesnt work on some newer microsoft
> filesystems. Should I use partition magic or is there better program
> to accomplish this?

If you have the program, then use partition magic, to resize the windows
partition.  First defrag your Windows partition, to make shrinking by
partition magic easier.  Then shrink it to make 10 Gb of space, and if
possible, move it to the end of the disk's area (this is nice to do
because I'm not sure if BSD can boot from a partition that's way into
your disk's area -- like one that starts at 5 Gb).

Right before installing, you should have your disk separated in:

	0 - 10 Gb:	free area
	10 Gb - end:	windows C: drive

At the end of installations you should have:

	0 - 5 Gb:	freebsd slice
	5 - 10 Gb:	linux primary partition
	10 Gb:		windows C: drive

If you want to use a primary partition for a linux swap partition, you
can change this to include a small primary partition as linux swap.

- Giorgos Keramidas


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