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Date:      Sat, 18 Mar 2000 16:04:02 -0500 (EST)
From:      media@mail1.nai.net
To:        <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Partitioning "New" Hard Drive
Message-ID:  <v03130300b4f94fc74a3c@[209.150.39.56]>
In-Reply-To: <v03130308b4f685f8e78d@[209.150.35.207]>
References:  <00ee01bf8f6d$2914cee0$0e65a8c0@fred.encanto.net>

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I just reformatted my hard drive, using FORMAT.EXE.  I am going to
re-install Windows 95 and FreeBSD.  Should I use FIPS to partition the
drive after installing Windows, or is there a better way now, while the
drive is still empty??

Also if I use FDISK to format the drive, it asked me if I want to use FAT32
for larger hardrives (it's a 1G IDE), but then warns me I might have
trouble with other operating systems.  Does FreeBSD have trouble with
FAT32??  Wouldn't installing Windows 95 make the allocation table for the
DOS partition FAT32 anyway??

Also, if I use FIPS 2.0 to split my DOS partition in order to install
FreeBSD, then re-install Windows 95, then the Boot Manager disappears and
no longer lets me boot FreeBSD.  Is there a solution to this??

THANX!!

PEACE OUT :)
MARK





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