Mr.Macdonald
April 21st, 2009, 02:25 AM
I am trying out FreeBSD on my home server. Very ... Interesting, one question I have is about partitioning and slicing and the bootloader.
First, what is the differance between a slice and a partition?
Whats with the FreeBSD filesystem, how does that rank?
Can I slice the disk into FreeBSD filesystems and then partition one to have swap?
Can I have a /boot partition, does BSD install its kernel their?
How likely am I, an experienced linux guy, to get FreeBSD to boot first try (and work)? And what do I do if it doesn't boot?
First, what is the differance between a slice and a partition?
Whats with the FreeBSD filesystem, how does that rank?
Can I slice the disk into FreeBSD filesystems and then partition one to have swap?
Can I have a /boot partition, does BSD install its kernel their?
How likely am I, an experienced linux guy, to get FreeBSD to boot first try (and work)? And what do I do if it doesn't boot?