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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD newbie questions....
Date: 9 Nov 1995 21:09:55 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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Message-ID: <47tqn3$kvn@park.uvsc.edu>
References: <1995Nov9.041305.16191@oasis.enmu.edu>
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burnettn@I_should_put_my_domain_in_etc_NNTP_INEWS_DOMAIN (Nathan C. Burnett) wrote:
] What filesystems does FreeBSD support?
UFS, LFS, MFS, PORTAL, UNION, LOOBACK, PROC, KERN, MAPPED UID,
MSDOS, NFS v2.0, NFS v3.0, EXT2FS
] Does it support the Linux Second Extended?
Yes. It is not in the default kernel because of GPL restrictions.
] Does it support OS/2 HPFS?
There are read-only HPFS and NTFS implementations, though their
authors do not distribute them except on request. They occasionaly
post requesting information to this group.
> What is it's 'native' filesystem type?
UFS.
] I know the anwaser to this is probably know but...
] Can FreeBSD run Linux binaries (ELF or a.out)?
Not Elf (at present -- there are unreleased Alpha patches, but
they are unavailable).
It will run QMAGIC and ZMAGIC a.out binaries from Linux. Including
Linux Doom and most other Linux software. You need to use ZMAGIC
ld.so and shared libraries for both QMAGIC and ZMAGIC binaries.
The ZMAGIC libraries and ld.so are part of the install package
for the compatability environment (by reference: assumes a net
connection), or they are on the 2.0.5 CDROM (and presumably will
be on the 2.1 CDROM when it's released).
NMAGIC binaries aren't supportd, but since most versions of Linux
for more than a year now haven't shipped NMAGIC, that's not a
problem.
] How much space to I need for a FreeBSD installation including
] compilers and XFree86?
Without sources or room to compile anything? ~60M if you do a
minimal install and to get the swap, space, build environment,
and X environment all in there. 100M is better if you want to
actually compile anything with the compiler.
] Does FreeBSD have to be on the first partition of the first
] hard disk?
] The partition I have open is the second one on the first disk.
If your drive uses non-linear partitioning, like a WD1007 ESDI
controller with default jumper settings would cause, then you
can only boot *any* protected mode OS if it's the first partition,
where logical and physical geometries match.
If you are using an LBA controller, LBA stands for "Lacking Brains
on Adaptor", and unless you fight with it, you will have to install
below cylinder 1024. LBA controllers typically rely on software
other than the controller BIOS to do the geometry translation for
them. So typically, you must put bootable partitions in the first
100M or so, or must hack up INT 13 redirection and/or must hack
the install so that it goes in after the manufacturer's INT 13
hook, plus hack the geometry in fdisk to make it happy.
Moral to the story: Buy SCSI or live within your limitations.
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.