Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:04:46 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Drew White <drewsecret@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hi Message-ID: <20070321150446.GB15277@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <aebf0e610703201733u74709db8y3c8ffbce76a04ea8@mail.gmail.com> References: <aebf0e610703201733u74709db8y3c8ffbce76a04ea8@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 08:33:58PM -0400, Drew White wrote: > Hi NOOB question... I installed a second hard drive on the computer to put > FreeBSD on, with windows xp on the other drive. Can I dl the software and > install it on the other hard drive without burning it to cds or using floppy > discs? Wondering if I can do it from the other drive/operating system. I think so, but I am not clear on what you are asking. Do you want to delete xp and install FreeBSD on that drive? Since you already have FreeBSD installed on the second drive, why do that? Do you need two copies of the same OS? If you really think you need more than one FreeBSD running, check out vmware. It is in the ports /usr/ports/emulators/vmware3 Or, do you mean that you haven't yet installed FreeBSD, but want to do so without making a CD - just from something on the other drive. Well, I think it is technically possible, but it would be more difficult than making a CD. Sysinstall or any of the FreeBSD software is not designed to run under MS, be it xp or Win2k or whatever. It is a completely different OS and execution environment. Do you have a good network connection? If you don't buy a CD set, then you will need the network connection for the install anyway. Just download the 6.2 disk1 CD ISO image, burn it and do the install with it. If you don't have a burner, you can get them cheap nowdays or find someone to do it for you or buy the CD set from one of the vendors who package CD sets for FreeBSD. You will be much happier than trying to make the install utilities run from an MS slice. Now, if you want to make an image that you install on several machines, that can be done. But, first you have to build the first one on a FreeBSD system with a FreeBSD boot. > > Thanks, please advise. That's my advice. Good luck, ////jerry > > Drew > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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