Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 05:27:13 +0000 From: Andrew Boothman <andrew@cream.org> To: Dillion Klein <dillionklein@hotpop.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NTFS w/ FreeBSD dual boot Message-ID: <3C9D63B1.1010309@cream.org> References: <GJEMJMGHBEKNGLGPHJDNEEPACIAA.dillionklein@hotpop.com>
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Dillion Klein wrote: >Hello all, > > >I am wondering what the best procedure is to dual boot FreeBSD 4.4R >and Windows 2000. > I'm happily triple booting FreeBSD-STABLE, Win2K and Red Hat 7.2 right now, so we should be able to get you up and running with this! :-) > >If I were to do the following: > >-Starting with an empty 40GB drive, install Win2K first (must be NTFS) >on a primary partition (4GB C:). > Good start - Install Win2k first as it will install its own loader. > >-Create an extended partition of 5GB for my NTFS data, which would >have one logical drive D: of the 5GB's > > >-Install FreeBSD and setup 6GB's for it. How can I be sure that I >do not overwrite any data on the NTFS partitions? > When you come to install FreeBSD (see http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html) you will be asked to create a FreeBSD partition (or slice as we prefer to call it). You will simply be able to tell FreeBSD to use the remaining space on the drive for its slice. Also during installation, you can opt for the installation of a boot manager. This will enable you to choose which OS is booted every time the system is started. I hope that should be enough to get you on your way. Good Luck! Andrew. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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