From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 15 20:06:57 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6888B1065679 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:06:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout024.mac.com (asmtpout024.mac.com [17.148.16.99]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56B1D8FC15 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:06:57 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Received: from cswiger1.apple.com ([17.227.140.124]) by asmtp024.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0KWB00B9Q171E690@asmtp024.mac.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:06:37 -0800 (PST) From: Chuck Swiger X-Priority: 3 In-reply-to: <225661.56209.qm@smtp134.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:06:37 -0800 Message-id: References: <225661.56209.qm@smtp134.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> To: davidoweir3@yahoo.co.uk X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1077) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Server set up X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:06:57 -0000 On Jan 15, 2010, at 10:12 AM, davidoweir3@yahoo.co.uk wrote: > Can i install free bsd on a Window's 98 machine and what do i need on the machine to set it up as a server and what software and hardware does it need FreeBSD is an operating system; you would run it instead of Windows, although if you have enough disk space, you could dual-boot between the two. Read the fine documentation here: http://www.freebsd.org/about.html http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html ...which includes a discussion of hardware requirements and additional software which people commonly install. Regards, -- -Chuck