Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2016 12:12:53 +0000 From: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install Unix on a laptop with Windows OS Message-ID: <33350.12056.bm@smtp113.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <33018666.1010913.1452316374119.JavaMail.yahoo.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <33018666.1010913.1452316374119.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <20160109122254.32c91434@fujitsu>
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from Eax Melanhovich: > Still according to my experience this is a bad idea. Last time I tried > something like this Windows was corrupting boot loader from time to > time so it was impossible to boot anything except Windows. > I would recommend to use one OS you are using most often and run > second under VirtualBox. Or using two separate computers one for each > OS if possible. This way you will escape a lot of possible problems. > On Sat, 9 Jan 2016 05:12:54 +0000 (UTC) > Eleonora Marchioretti via freebsd-questions > <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> wrote: > > Hi > > I would like to know if it is possible to install UNIX (not Linux) on > > a laptop that has already a Windows OS and if you have instructions > > to do it.Thank you in advance. Best regardsEleonora Another possibility, if laptop has an eSATA port, is to install FreeBSD on an eSATA hard drive, or SATA hard drive in a hard-drive enclosure that has eSATA. Only current brand of eSATA hard drive that I know is Micronet Fantom (www.micronet.com). It may be necessary to install GRUB2 to a USB stick and boot from that; from there it should be able to boot anything on an eSATA hard drive. On my computer, eSATA looks just like SATA to my motherboard/BIOS/UEFI, and FreeBSD and NetBSD work more dependably on eSATA than USB 3.0; I don't know if NetBSD even works on USB 3.0. Tom
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