winxp and freebsd

[Kevin Kinsey]

Tyler Gee wrote:

>0 GB - Windows
>Max GB - FreeBSD
>
>:)
>
>Just kidding.  It would mostly just depend on what you need.  Keep in
>mind that you can read Windows files from BSD but not vice verse (and
>writing is kind of sketchy).
>
>On a recent 20GB HD I put 5GB for Windows, 10GB for FreeBSD and left
>the other 5 open so I could add it to either one.
>
>What do you need your Windows box for?  That will mostly determine how
>much space you want to allocate to it.
>
>
>On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 18:10:31 -0500, Eric <eric at savaka.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>Thanks --- any recommendations on formatting and partitioning my hdd
>>prior to the OS installs?
>>
>>    
>>

Righto, and hope I'm not too late.  Consider carefully
that NTFS is readable, but not really writeable from
FreeBSD.  You may wish to run winXP on a FAT32 volume
(although it would be understandable if not).  You could
do as Tyler suggests, and set up a relatively small NTFS
for winXP, a hug^H^H^Hsuitable area for FBSD, and
a FAT32 partition you could access from either OS.

HTH,

Kevin Kinsey