Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 11:09:56 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: That Doug Guy <tiller@connectnet.com> Cc: "FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org" <FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Boot mgr help please: DOS, FreeBSD and OS/2 on the same disk Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970121110439.23359M-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199701170047.QAA18721@connectnet1.connectnet.com>
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On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, That Doug Guy wrote: > I want to install FreeBSD on my home machine so that I have a > test/learning platform for myself. My one and only hard disk is a Western > Digital Caviar 1.6G EIDE drive. I currently have OS/2 on the disk in the > following configuration: > > Primary Partition: OS/2 Boot Manager > Primary Partition: C: drive with DOS > Logical Partition: D: Free space, intended home for FreeBSD > Logical Partition: E: OS/2 system > Logical Partition: F: OS/2 data (HPFS formatted) Line 3 is wrong: FreeBSD requires it's own partition type. > This system has worked well for me for 2+ years, and now I want to > add FreeBSD to my happy family. :) However, in order to install FreeBSD > I had to go through some pretty complex gymnastics with FIPS, etc. which > resulted in the loss of my DOS partition (thank goodness for backups :). I > did however finally get a FreeBSD system up and running, but the problem > came when I tried to boot OS/2. My system had changed to: > > Primary Partition: OS/2 Boot Manager > Primary Partition: C: drive with DOS > Primary Partition: FreeBSD > Logical Partition: D: OS/2 system > Logical Partition: E: OS/2 data (HPFS formatted) FreeBSD had better not be on a primary partition, it better be on it's own slice..... > This prevented OS/2 from booting because of course everything > was on the "wrong" drive. I tried using OS/2's fdisk to create a fake D: > partition with some free space from the C: partition, but ran into the "3+1" > rule, so it wouldn't use the free space that I allocated. I've run into this :) I would suggest buying a cheap drive and put FreeBSD on that. This way, you avoid the nasties of: . moving drive letters . That pesky 500mb can't-boot-above-it limit . Running out of diskspace because you made the partition too small That's what I did and I love it! And the OS/2 boot manager can work with it too! :) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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