Re: Where To Install FreeBSD?
From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey (grog_at_FreeBSD.org)
Date: 01/23/04
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Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 12:18:14 +1030 To: Don Meng <mengd2002@yahoo.com>
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On Thursday, 22 January 2004 at 17:30:50 -0800, Don Meng wrote:
> This is my first post to this forum and my question is;
>
> Are there any restrictions on which IDE drive I can install FreeBSD
> on? The primary IDE controller on my machine is already occupied
> with two disk drives. I'd like to buy a third drive and make it the
> master on the secondary controller and use it exclusively for
> FreeBSD. I was browsing through The Complete FreeBSD in the
> bookstore and I thought I read that you can install FreeBSD on the
> forst or second hard drive. Can anyone clarify this? Thank you.
This is a technical question. You should ask it on
FreeBSD-questions. -newbies is a discussion forum (and yes, I've been
told not to answer technical questions here).
Greg
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