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From: willeyma@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Mark Willey)
Subject: Re: Can I split FreeBSD over two physical drives
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Date: Mon, 11 Jul 1994 19:19:33 GMT
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In article <MATHEZER.94Jul10125642@fsj.cpsc.ucalgary.ca>, mathezer@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Stephen Mathezer) writes:
|> 
|> I would like to put my root partition, and maybe another small
|> partition on one drive, and the rest of FreeBSD my second drive.
|> 
|> Can this be done, and if so how?
|> 
|> BTW in this scenario, where would swap go?

I plan to do this when the next version of NetBSD comes out.  Currently, I have
OS/2 on wd0, and NetBSD 0.9 on wd1.  I plan to have DOS/WIN, OS/2, and NetBSD's
root and swap on wd0, and /usr on wd1.  Maybe another partition on wd0 as well.

I hope it can be done!  ;-)

Mark

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