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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!phaedrus.kralizec.net.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!arclight.uoregon.edu!news.mathworks.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!not-for-mail From: "Brian D. Salomon" <bsalomon@vt.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: FreeBSD w/ Win95; Need Help Installing Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 00:14:19 -0600 Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Lines: 21 Message-ID: <32E30D3B.4609@vt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsalomon.campus.vt.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34270 I'm new to both UNIX and running multiple OS's. I've read over the FAQ but not everything was clear. I'm presently running Win95 and want to install FreeBSD. My drive came partitioned with Win95 installed on "C:"; can I install FreeBSD on my "D:" drive without losing my C-drive data? If so, how would I go about this? A potential problem is that my drive is 2.5GB. Drive C has 2.1GB and drive D has been allocated 400MB. I wasn't clear on what the FAQ had to say about the problems of partitions over 528MB.. Can I boot from a drive over this size? If I ever get things running, will it be safe to access the Win95 files from FreeBSD? Many thanks for any help! -- Brian D. Salomon bs@vt.edu