On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Ryan Haarberg wrote: > Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 19:52:43 -0000 > From: Ryan Haarberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Question on Multi OSes > > Dear Representative, > > I am planning on setting a Dell Inspiron 8200 over the weekend. I plan on installing >Win XP, Free BSD, and BeOS. Are there any restictions I should keep in mind on >partitioning? I plan on formating three partitions as FAT 32. The first one 24 Gb >with Win XP (for work), then a 2 Gb for learning FreeBSD and then a 2 Gb for an old >favorite BeOS. The only thing I am wondering is if this layout will work? it seems >that I had read somewhere that FreeBSD should be within the first 4 Gb of the first >hard drive (but I can not seem to find this in the FAQ, is this true. Do you have any >reccommednations? > > Sincerly, > > Ryan Haarberg >
The only such limitation I've seen in the BSD world is OpenBSD which IIRC has to be within the first 8 GB as of version 3.0 - I have FreeBSD installed at home on a disk somewhere past the 25 GB mark and have had it past the 40 GB mark as well. HTH - JB # John Bleichert # http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
