Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 10:03:42 -0600 (CST) From: "Valeri Galtsev" <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: "Anders Jensen-Waud" <anders@jensenwaud.com> Cc: "Eleonora Marchioretti" <eleonora.marchioretti@yahoo.com>, "questions@FreeBSD.org" <questions@freebsd.org>, "doc@FreeBSD.org" <doc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Install Unix on a laptop with Windows OS Message-ID: <50251.69.209.234.99.1452960222.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <CALvn0yie3cvttfQdu6WP74MJNV-pGpaKOHpQsBVc6OaJVURyZg@mail.gmail.com> References: <33018666.1010913.1452316374119.JavaMail.yahoo.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <33018666.1010913.1452316374119.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <CALvn0yie3cvttfQdu6WP74MJNV-pGpaKOHpQsBVc6OaJVURyZg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, January 16, 2016 1:57 am, Anders Jensen-Waud wrote: > On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 4:12 PM, Eleonora Marchioretti via freebsd-doc < > freebsd-doc@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 >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > If you don't want to replace Windows (that is, do dual boot), an option > is > to first repartition the disk using Gparted or similar from a usb based > Linux distribution such as Knoppix. Install Knoppix onto a USB drive, boot > from it and start Gparted to resize your Windows partition and make space > for the FreeBSD partition. Remember to back up your data before doing > this. > > (See http://gparted.org/faq.php#faq-7) Alternatively, you can make free space using Windows Disk management tool: shrink Windows main partition. The rest: as Andreas describes. Valeri > > Once done, start the FreeBSD install as usual, installing to the free > space > on your drive. You will need to install the FreeBSD boot loader to the MBR > in order to do multi-boot. > > Cheers > > Anders > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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