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Date:      Thu, 7 Mar 2002 08:45:22 +1100 
From:      "Craig Williamson (ENZ)" <craig.williamson@ericsson.co.nz>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Linux and FreeBSD partitioning question.
Message-ID:  <A238222A1695D311B41300508B102DC89EAB63@enzwnnt001.epa.ericsson.se>

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Hi All,

	I'm a new FreeBSD user with 12 months Linux experience.  I have a 40
Gb drive that I want to carve up between Linux and FreeBSD.  I'll show you
my idea for partitioning the drive and can you tell me any other suggestions
I could do to partition it properly.

Linux Distro:			Gentoo Linux 1.0
FreeBSD:			FreeBSD 4.5

I want to use the Linux Boot Loader which is GRUB.

40Gb drive

/boot		100Mb		Linux
/boot		100Mb		FreeBSD
swap		512Mb		Linux
swap		512Mb		FreeBSD
/		9Gb		Linux
/		9Gb		FreeBSD

	The installation guide doesn't say anything about /boot
partitioning, is this OK to use.  The reason I am using this is to make sure
GRUB doesn't fall over with BSD being at the back end of the drive.  I have
256Mb physical RAM installed which justifies the 512Mb swap size.  If any of
you can think of a better way of partitioning the drive it would be great.
Cheers.

Craig Williamson



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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Hi All,</FONT>
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<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">I'm a new FreeBSD user with 12 months Linux =
experience.&nbsp; I have a 40 Gb drive that I want to carve up between =
Linux and FreeBSD.&nbsp; I'll show you my idea for partitioning the =
drive and can you tell me any other suggestions I could do to partition =
it properly.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Linux Distro:&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gentoo Linux 1.0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">FreeBSD:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; FreeBSD 4.5</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">I want to use the Linux Boot Loader =
which is GRUB.</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">40Gb drive</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">/boot&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 100Mb&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Linux</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">/boot&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 100Mb&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; FreeBSD</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">swap&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 512Mb&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Linux</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">swap&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 512Mb&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; FreeBSD</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 9Gb&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Linux</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 9Gb&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; FreeBSD</FONT>
</P>

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">The installation guide doesn't say anything about /boot =
partitioning, is this OK to use.&nbsp; The reason I am using this is to =
make sure GRUB doesn't fall over with BSD being at the back end of the =
drive.&nbsp; I have 256Mb physical RAM installed which justifies the =
512Mb swap size.&nbsp; If any of you can think of a better way of =
partitioning the drive it would be great.&nbsp; Cheers.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Craig Williamson</FONT>
</P>
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