Re: Installing FreeBSD 5.3

From: Lars Eighner (eighner_at_io.com)
Date: 12/15/04 

Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 14:19:45 -0600

In our last episode,
<41c0993a$0$1074$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk>,
the lovely and talented anc
broadcast on comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:

> I'm new to FreeBSD but not unix/linux. Currently I have a multiboot setup
> with several linux systems on one 160G hard drive. I have created a 6G
> primary partition for FreeBSD type A5 (hex).

> Do I need to create a separate / , /home and /swap partitions in this space?

Typically / (small), swap, /usr, /var (small unless you are
running a news spool or something), and /tmp. /home is a link
to /usr/home.

> What boot loader does Free BSD use?

Typically it's own.

> I would like to preserve my current grub which resides in the mbr and wonder
> if its possible to dual boot FreeBSD with linux.

Yes. I never had much luck with grub, but it can boot FreeBSD,
and if you had the skills to get it to work with your previous
configuration, you should have few problems.

> I apologize if this is the wrong group so any help or links to other
> newsgroups welcome. Thx in advance. 

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