Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 17:14:40 -0700 From: "David Shanes" <dshanes@personalogic.com> To: <jjones@unixg.ubc.ca>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: NT and FreeBSD Message-ID: <00dd01bd6803$7bb7de00$1d43a8c0@shanes.personalogic.com>
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To my knowledge, the only program that can re-size an NTFS partition is "Partition Magic" by Power Quest. This *only* applies if you need to resize the partition before installing FreeBSD. If you already have free space, than it does not matter whether your NT partition is NTFS or FAT when you install FreeBSD. David _____________________________________________________ David Shanes 7535 Metropolitan Drive dshanes@personalogic.com San Diego, CA 92108 Database Developer (619) 220-5800 x228 PersonaLogic, Inc. (619) 220-5899 (fax) http://www.PersonaLogic.com -----Original Message----- From: jjones@unixg.ubc.ca <jjones@unixg.ubc.ca> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Date: Tuesday, April 14, 1998 5:08 PM Subject: NT and FreeBSD > >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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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