lars <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >George Ruch wrote: >> Q1: I have two drives, laid out as follows: >> Drive 1 >> /ad0a WinXP, NTFS, 16.06GB, primary >> /ad0e data, NTFS, 12.58GB, extended >> >> Drive 2 >> /ad1a currently empty, 14.36GB, primary >> (installation target) >> /ad1e /ad0 backup, NTFS, 14.27GB, extended >> >> I'd like to use XP's NTLDR to manage the dual boot process. I've seen >> the following trick for Linux ( www.redhat.com/advice/tips/dualboot.html): >> >> - Boot into Linux, copy the first sector of the boot partition as follows: >> dd if=/dev/hdb of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1 >> - Move bootsect.lnx to WinXP root (C:\), and add the following line to >> boot.ini: >> C:\bootsect.lnx="Linux" >> >> Does this approach work with FreeBSD? Logic says it should, given the >> similarities, but when has logic applied consistently to computers? > >I can't say anything about it, never done it, check google.
I'll do that, and I may try something a bit simpler in the meantime. See my reply to David Kelley. >It's spartan and displays ???? for Windows but works without fault. >Otherwise gag.sourceforge.net is very recommendable and looks better too. Thanks. I'll look into that. >> Q3: Partitioning >> [...] All slices would be p/o ad1a, which has approx. 14,704MB free. >> >> / 128M >> /usr 8192M >> /home 3312M >> /var 1024M >> /tmp 1024M >> swap 1024M (4 x physical) >That setup looks pretty alright imho. >I'd go for this here instead: >More for /usr, >less for swap, >that gives >/ same >/usr same or more >/home same >/var same >swap RAM*2 In the meantime, I may strip the little machine (K6-3/400, 256MB RAM, single 25 GB drive) and start with something a bit simpler until I get more comfortable wit FreeBSD. So, following your model, expand /usr and /home proportionally and leave the rest as is. | George Ruch | "Is there life in Clovis after Clovis Man?" -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.336 / Virus Database: 267.8.15/49 - Release Date: 7/14/2005 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
