Date: Tue, 14 Apr 98 16:48:20 PDT From: jjones@unixg.ubc.ca To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: NT and FreeBSD Message-ID: <199804142348.QAA27039@relay.unixg.ubc.ca>
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I am coming from a background of using unix but not installing software. I have read and reread: chapters 2-5 of Complete FreeBSD 2nd ed the website tutorial on multiple OS FAQ 8.7 on NT loader archives from the questions list *Except* for the FAQ, there are warnings everywhere about the cylinder 1024 limit. This warning seems tied to an assumption that BIOS and DOS/Windows95 are involved. So, If I want NT 4 as my only other OS, can I follow the FAQ and use the NT loader to boot FreeBSD, with FreeBSD loacted in the third GB of a 3 GB IDE hard disk, and NT occupying the first two GB? A few more questions: Can the NT file system be NTFS before FreeBSD is installed, or does it have to be FAT? Will fips work OK with either file system? Is there any preference between fips or partitioning as NT loads? Is the preparation with defrag (Norton utilities for NT, since I don't have DOS ...) and partitioning likely to put NT into a snit? Thanks for the help. Joseph Jones University of British Columbia Library jjones@unixg.ubc.ca http://www.library.ubc.ca/jones To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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