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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Disk arrangement, new install
Date: 5 Jul 1995 12:59:47 +0200
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Ken Fowler <klfowler@fohnix.metronet.com> wrote:
>I am trying to get my act together before starting my first install of
>FreeBSD 2.0.
Try getting 2.0.5.
>I have a 50mb DOS partition on (IDE) C: that I can recycle as well as an
>empty 300mb SCSI.
>
>Looking for suggestions on disk layout. / and swap on (old) C: and
>the rest on the SCSI? Or all on the SCSI?
/ and swap on the IDE, or / and /var if you prefer. It's also a good
idea to have swap splitted across multiple disks, this might enhance
paging.
> Can FreeBSD ignore the
>IDE and boot off of the SCSI?
I think the BIOS can't. Or you disable the drive in the BIOS setup,
but it's hard to boot DOS then. (Remember that the act of booting is
performed by some BIOS, not by FreeBSD.)
--
cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)