Date: Wed, 15 Apr 98 9:27:01 PDT From: jjones@unixg.ubc.ca To: fpawlak@execpc.com (Frank Pawlak) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NT and FreeBSD Message-ID: <199804151627.JAA03858@relay.unixg.ubc.ca> In-Reply-To: <199804150331.WAA00454@darkstar.connect.com>; from "Frank Pawlak" at Apr 14, 98 10:31 pm
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Frank -- > Sorry to come into this discussion late. Are you using parititon > magic, or am I connecting this thread with something else? You weren't what I'd call late (-: I am not using Partition Magic, which seems to leave two choices: fips, or NT as that system is being installed. Somebody else was skeptical about fips. > Does NT now occupy the whole drive? Yes. Joe ********************************************************************** > Frank > > > On 14 Apr, Studded wrote: > > jjones@unixg.ubc.ca wrote: > >> > >> 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 > > > > These are good things to read. :) > > > >> *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, > > > > Those warnings are slightly misleading, since the dependance on DOS is > > related to the way that freebsd creates slices. The slices are created > > in such a way as to be compatible with DOS partitions, so some of the > > same limitations exist. > > > >> 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? > > > > The answer to this is a moving target. I recommend doing a minimal > > installation first and see if it works. > > > >> A few more questions: > >> > >> Can the NT file system be NTFS before FreeBSD is installed, or does > >> it have to be FAT? > > > > Doesn't matter, the freebsd install will delete the slice/partition and > > create it anew. > > > >> Will fips work OK with either file system? > > > > I would be highly skeptical about using fips with partitions that large > > and/or ntfs partitions/slices. > > > >> Is there any preference between fips or partitioning as NT loads? > > > > I'm not sure what you're referring to here. > > > >> Is the preparation with defrag (Norton utilities for NT, since I > >> don't have DOS ...) and partitioning likely to put NT into a snit? > > > > I have never run NT so I can't help you here, sorry. > > > > Good luck, > > > > Doug > > > > -- > > > ----------------------------- > > "At no time is freedom of speech more precious then when a man hits his > thumb with a hammer." > > -- Marshall Lumsden > > -- 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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