From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 9 03:49:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA05275 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 9 Dec 1998 03:49:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from 139.130.50.37 (intern.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.50.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id DAA05270 for ; Wed, 9 Dec 1998 03:49:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from zorklord@xtreme.net.au) Received: from mail.xtreme.net.au (unverified [203.36.110.182]) by mail.xtreme.net.au (EMWAC SMTPRS 0.83) with SMTP id ; Wed, 09 Dec 1998 22:50:06 +1100 Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 10:53:54 +1100 From: ZorkLord X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.042) UNREG Reply-To: ZorkLord Message-ID: <3454.971210@xtreme.net.au> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Inc. Hey, I'm sick of Winblows from Microspastic, and FreeBSD looks like the best alternative, I just have a few questions before I go ahead with it. My situation is that I have a 4.3Gig HDD split into two 2.15Gig partitions, the second partition has nothing on it as yet but is formatted to FAT16, the first partition is also FAT16 and has Windows 98 installed, I need to leave Windows on there for the rest of the family. My first question is, if I install FreeBSD on the second partition of my hard drive, there will be alot of space let over, can I still access/use this spare space with Windows/DOS or will I be only able to access this patition with FreeBSD? Also, can I run any UNIX/Linux application on FreeBSD? What is X Windows? If I hate Windows will I hate X Windows?? Is there anywhere to download FreeBSD in a zip file or something like that, it just seems a pain in the ass to have to d/l all those files seperatly and in all the different directories, how big is it in total anyway? Any answers would be most appreciated as I cant go ahead with the installation without the answers... Yours Faithfully Stephen Swincer -zL zorklord@xtreme.net.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message