There are many threads here about dual booting though i cannot find the information that i need. I apologize in advance for another thread on this topic. In the past i have successfully set up a dual boot system - though each operating system shared the same hard disc. I would like to do something slightly different this time.
I have a laptop with two discs. Disc a is a ssd with 128GB. Disc b is a traditional hard drive with 1TB. My laptop has 4GB ram. To ensure that both systems boot up quickly, i was thinking of partitioning the ssd like this: 75GB for FreeBSD and 50GB for ubuntu system files plus /home on all of disc b for my ubuntu install. I would like :
1. FreeBSD to 'understand' the filesystem of disc b and to be able to read and write to it. What filesystem should i install on disc b to do this? What partitions would i need to create for the FreeBSD install?
2. I would like to install refind as my boot manager - and to get the option of starting either FreeBSD or Ubuntu.
3. Both installs must be securely encrypted. I have tried and failed to get this working. On my first attempt, I installed FreeBSD and set an password to enter the system. When the computer boots, Geli asks for the password - this is before any customization scripts are run. I believe that because this is the first script the keyboard has not yet been configured to my preference and the characters that i think are being entered are probably different. Consequently, it would not accept my password (which i was careful to note down beforehand). Geli also displays it's text in a tiny font. Is there a way that i can work around this?
I am a little confused over the partitions that i need to create to get the above setup. I'm just used to an 'automatic' install where the installer creates all partitions. I just dont know where to begin - how big would i need to make the MBR, swap partitions and other system partitions? I would like to keep the partitioning scheme as simple as possible.
Which operating system should be installed first to make the process easier? I would appreciate any help you can give me.
I have a laptop with two discs. Disc a is a ssd with 128GB. Disc b is a traditional hard drive with 1TB. My laptop has 4GB ram. To ensure that both systems boot up quickly, i was thinking of partitioning the ssd like this: 75GB for FreeBSD and 50GB for ubuntu system files plus /home on all of disc b for my ubuntu install. I would like :
1. FreeBSD to 'understand' the filesystem of disc b and to be able to read and write to it. What filesystem should i install on disc b to do this? What partitions would i need to create for the FreeBSD install?
2. I would like to install refind as my boot manager - and to get the option of starting either FreeBSD or Ubuntu.
3. Both installs must be securely encrypted. I have tried and failed to get this working. On my first attempt, I installed FreeBSD and set an password to enter the system. When the computer boots, Geli asks for the password - this is before any customization scripts are run. I believe that because this is the first script the keyboard has not yet been configured to my preference and the characters that i think are being entered are probably different. Consequently, it would not accept my password (which i was careful to note down beforehand). Geli also displays it's text in a tiny font. Is there a way that i can work around this?
I am a little confused over the partitions that i need to create to get the above setup. I'm just used to an 'automatic' install where the installer creates all partitions. I just dont know where to begin - how big would i need to make the MBR, swap partitions and other system partitions? I would like to keep the partitioning scheme as simple as possible.
Which operating system should be installed first to make the process easier? I would appreciate any help you can give me.