From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 22 21:43:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA22150 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 22 Feb 1998 21:43:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA22141 for ; Sun, 22 Feb 1998 21:43:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA07735; Mon, 23 Feb 1998 16:13:18 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id QAA09475; Mon, 23 Feb 1998 16:13:18 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980223161317.39828@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 16:13:17 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Art Mattox , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installing FreeBSD References: <34F12879.948F4728@csd.uwm.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <34F12879.948F4728@csd.uwm.edu>; from Art Mattox on Sun, Feb 22, 1998 at 11:42:49PM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 22 February 1998 at 23:42:49 -0800, Art Mattox wrote: > Hello, > > I am about to embark on the experience of installing FreeBSD from the > four disc CDROM set v. 2.2.5. Before doing this I will be installing a > 4.3GB hard drive (EIDE) which will accompany my older 1.6GB EIDE hd. My > initial thoughts are that I will install the FreeBSD on the smaller > drive and load win95 and various associated windows applications on the > larger drive. I am not interested in preserving any of the data or > programs on the smaller drive and would prefer to start with two > completely clean drives. > > I am looking for any suggestions/recommendations that anyone may offer > to make this transition as painless and efficient as possible. e.g. > Some questions that come to mind are which OS should I install first? > When should I erase everything on the smaller disk? During the installation. The installation process does this for you. > (I prefer not to have an older windows/dos version detected. If you overwrite it with FreeBSD, it doesn't matter what was there before. > I want to start with two completely clean hard drives.) Another > question that I wonder about are what potential snags or pitfalls > can I encounter of which I might not be presently cognitive? > > Any suggestions would be most appreciated. Get a copy of "The Complete FreeBSD", second edition (http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/bsdbook2.htm). It contains much more information than you'll get on a mailing list. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message