From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 7 12:36:41 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E0C816A41A for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2007 12:36:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from totoaus@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.183]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E65A13C458 for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2007 12:36:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from totoaus@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u77so1427264pyb for ; Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:36:38 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-priority:x-msmail-priority:x-mailer:x-mimeole:thread-index:importance; bh=PoowC2wvjV3bKlm8zBuJOxtfX4KWV57VC9C3cJj+N38=; b=BUzrwCirVMipgGAOZ+3yCfmcF/gh+E1H8bEWuUySFAf38Hm9WJXZpGOVc7xHB6sQqvqxhgI1k21OG5k8kolYcEUbAIMFz4drnoTnBVde89fK1yL96klTvbaA/TGoY9qYQ6lKd+ScGwoF3xwQ3G+4/Vlq2t4QCuC8S0OBWOv3tFE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-priority:x-msmail-priority:x-mailer:x-mimeole:thread-index:importance; b=Pl8d/J1hNoIWVrcA20Cr9nDHSejAW0E0vN7xCVIbMn01hie3kC9XUAXHL++JeVHaZ8DyZPTthxUB9pxQvwytCfwWvCZALKUXvPb68na+j5Ujgi5Q0XwSqwfuAnn/xlr+290rsCvcdzCOIa4JtXa333sB2nfpXqUesHltJIAvR90= Received: by 10.35.69.11 with SMTP id w11mr3323056pyk.1197029478419; Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:11:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from LenC2008922a26 ( [144.134.252.98]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id a70sm10193762pye.2007.12.07.04.11.02 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:11:17 -0800 (PST) From: "David Morton" To: Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 23:10:28 +1100 Message-ID: <3FCDB80A8B104BC1BCEF3A0696B55144@LenC2008922a26> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6822 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6000.16545 Thread-Index: Acg4yie68RsTV6e1SXKy3DgPbZLgFg== Importance: Normal X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:54:18 +0000 Cc: Subject: FreeBSD on a PC with Windows 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, 07 Dec 2007 12:36:41 -0000 I have been out of work so long (since being diagnosed as autistic and scared) that even as an IT professional, I now get very anxious about messing with my PC. However, I got a magazine that included FreeBSD/i386 6.2 on the DVD and I have always wanted to play with BSD. My past experience included UNIX System V, some Solaris 7 or 8, and other variants, so you know a bit of history. Anyway, I have a laptop preinstalled with Vista Home Premium and I would like to also run BSD on it. In reading your installation documentation, I do not see anything that suggests I can install FreeBSD onto my PC without wiping Windows. I also have restricted web access so cannot access you web site, so I would like to know if FreeBSD will install in a way that will not kill Windows on my PC? I have to ask this, because I once had an old PC and put Solaris on it, and that required a dedicated drive. The PC is now dead, so I have to make it all work on one machine. Thanks, David David Morton E: totoaus@gmail.com M: 0400 560 330 H: 03 6295 0278 80 Rocky Bay Road Deep Bay, TAS 7112 AUSTRALIA