Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 19:24:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: jkitchens@msn.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960928192233.230I-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199609290121.SAA17890@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Sat, 28 Sep 1996, Burke County Mounted Sheriff's Posse wrote:
> I have a dual-boot{IBM's OS/2Warp ver3's Boot-Manager} Operating system.
> My Computer is a 686/P150 48mg RAM
> Dual operating system(s): Microsoft Windows 95 on the 2gig HD connected to
> the primary controller in a FAT Partition.
> IBMs Operating System 2 Version 3 (WARP) on the 850mg HD connected to the
> Primary Controller in a 101mg FAT Partition.
> How can I install FreeBSD without interferring with my current operating
> conditions?
You'd have to add some diskspace, assuming that your current setup has no
unallocated space currently.
> There seems to me to be a Boot Floppy: Does this mean I can stick the OS on
> my HD and use this Boot Floppy to BOOT the FreeBSD Operating System?
Yes, once it's installed. The install program (``sysinstall'') is on the
floppy too.
> Or is it installed and run/setup/installed like other OS's? ie; OS/2 Warp,
> MSDOS, MSWINDOWS. EXAMPLE: OS/2 Warp will install in your primary
> partition right along with WINDOWS and the System you shut-down in is the
> system that starts when you boot/re-boot. I prefer to have my OS's totally
> separate from each other. Can I do this with FreeBSD?
You MUST do this with FreeBSD. It's filesystem structure is not
compatible with FAT (ie, the type your OS/2 and Windows95 partitions are).
You can use OS/2's Boot Manager to boot your FreeBSD slice though.
Doug White | University of Oregon
Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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