Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 08:43:18 -0400 (EDT) From: "John H. Baldwin" <jobaldwi@cslab.vt.edu> To: "Peter.D.Hulme" <hulme@reap.org.nz> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: partitions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.991011084054.61676A-100000@snowcow.cslab.vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <000801bf1206$a2e23260$502931ca@default>
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On Sat, 9 Oct 1999, Peter.D.Hulme wrote: [ cc'd to freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org ] > I have an unused DOS partition "F" 850 Mb, running under Win 95. > > Will this be enough or would you suggest I reduce the E partition that > has WIN 95 data files (but is far from full) and add to "F" making say > 1.2 Mb for the new OS ? > > Total HD is 4 Mb C, D , E, F > > Peter Hulme , Taupo , New Zealand It depends on what you plan to do with BSD. If you plan to do a lot of work with it, then you might want to have 1.2 Gig, but if all you want is to run X and a few apps, then 850 MB will probably be sufficient. John Baldwin jobaldwi@cslab.vt.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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