From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 4 21:35:16 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from kearneys.ca (cr1003527-a.rct1.bc.wave.home.com [24.113.36.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 72FB137B528 for ; Tue, 4 Apr 2000 21:35:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brent@kearneys.ca) Received: (qmail 37469 invoked by uid 1000); 5 Apr 2000 04:35:14 -0000 Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 21:35:13 -0700 From: Brent Kearney To: spider 90 , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: partitions Message-ID: <20000404213513.A37389@kearneys.ca> References: <20000405021424.40418.qmail@hotmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <20000405021424.40418.qmail@hotmail.com>; from spider90@hotmail.com on Wed, Apr 05, 2000 at 02:14:24AM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Apr 05, 2000 at 02:14:24AM +0000, spider 90 wrote: > Howdy folks:) Attempting to install freebsd and linux on my 30gig hard > drive. I already have windows 98 there and would like to partion 5gigs to > freebsd, another to linux, then the rest leave to the already existing > windows o/s. What is the best route. I read in complete freebsd that fips > doesnt work on some newer microsoft filesystems. Should I use partition > magic or is there better program to accomplish this? > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > Partition Magic is your best bet. What you want to do is shrink your existing FAT/FAT32 partition(s) such that there is 10GB of free space. Then start your linux or freebsd installation. -Brent ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ brent@kearneys.ca It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this. -- Bertrand Russell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message