Re: Partitioning for Win, Linux, NetBSD

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005, Siri Amrit Kaur wrote:

> Thanks for the responses. I learned the *BSDs need primary partitions.
> Now I know what to do.

Extended partitions should be fine. Some *BSDs may not have extended
partitions supported in their installers though.

In your other email you mentioned /boot partition. I would not use that
unless you have a old BIOS.

I just saw a link that may be useful:
Windows+BSD+Linux Installation Guide
http://jamesthornton.com/linux/Win+BSD+Linux-Install/index.htm

Also look for the FreeBSD+Linux dual-boot howto for some ideas.

Also, you can share the swap space between the BSD and Linux (be sure to
run mkswap before using each boot with Linux though).


Jeremy C. Reed

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