From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Sep 24 9:26:24 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from curlew.cs.man.ac.uk (curlew.cs.man.ac.uk [130.88.13.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 260AD14E18 for ; Fri, 24 Sep 1999 09:26:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Networks.Manager@rncm.ac.uk) Received: from fs3.rncm.ac.uk ([193.63.96.102] helo=rncm.ac.uk) by curlew.cs.man.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 1.92 #3) id 11UYAk-0004zH-00; Fri, 24 Sep 1999 17:26:10 +0100 Received: from RNCM-FS3/SpoolDir by rncm.ac.uk (Mercury 1.44); 24 Sep 99 17:26:15 GMT Received: from SpoolDir by RNCM-FS3 (Mercury 1.44); 24 Sep 99 17:25:59 GMT Received: from selene (193.63.96.96) by rncm.ac.uk (Mercury 1.44); 24 Sep 99 17:25:52 GMT From: "Peter McGarvey" To: "ifup" , Subject: RE: question before installing freebsd Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 17:25:50 +0100 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-reply-to: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > I decide to give FreeBSD a shot. Before anything, I want to get some > answer for these: > > 1. I want setup a multi boot system. Will freebsd be happy to stay in a > 1GB primary partition? (If I find it attactive later, I will > give it more > space.) I've had FreeBSD running quite happily in a 250MB partition. > > 2. I have Partition boot magic. Can it handle FreeBSD like it does with > Linux? > > 3. what is the name for /dev/hda3 (linux) in FreeBSD. If possible, I > wish to avoid using fdisk like tool. Will it work, if I use Partition > Magic to create a ext2 partition for it? FreeBSD uses UFS . It don't use ext2 - although it will mount ext2 partitions. As for Partition Magic, well from memory it don't do UFS. I've installed several unixes. FreeBSD was my first unix and it was real easy. Setting up the disks can be a bit of a chore - but only if you insist on doing it by hand. A few weeks back I acquired a copy RedHat Linux. This was quite easy to install but I found myself saying "FreeBSD is easier" when I was setting up the disks. If I remember it seemed to have the irritating habit of using multiple entries in the partition table. Not the worst unix setup but Your best bet is to just have a go. Plan to install it twice. The first time to see what it's like - and to find the pitfalls. The second time to do it right. It's amazing what you can learn by just "having a go". Once installed, if you still need to know what the disks are called check out the file /etc/fstab which lists all your filesystems. TTFN, FNORD -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Peter McGarvey, Networks Manager | email: Networks.Manager@rncm.ac.uk Royal Northern College of Music | tel: +44 (0)161 907 5218 124 Oxford Road, Manchester, | fax: +44 (0)161 273 7611 England M13 9RD | mobile: +44 (0)7887 990564 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message