Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 06:52:31 -0500 (EST) From: Jt <hometeam@techpower.net> To: ZorkLord <zorklord@xtreme.net.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981209065113.315A-100000@techpower.net> In-Reply-To: <3454.971210@xtreme.net.au>
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Yes just dual boot with windows on first partition & bsd on the second,
goto www.freebsd.org and look under FAQ plenty of infor there on the
subject.
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On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, ZorkLord wrote:
> 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
>
>
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