Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 16:00:38 -0700 From: "Dragon Knight" <dragonknight@dtgnet.com> To: "ZorkLord" <zorklord@xtreme.net.au>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Message-ID: <003501be23c8$0f440560$a96dfea9@death>
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>FreeBSD Inc. > > Hey, I'm sick of Winblows from Microspastic, and FreeBSD looks > like the best alternative, I just have a few questions before Microspastic? That's a new one. > 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? There should be plenty of space left over on the FreeBSD partition, dependent upon what you install, unfortunately MS Windows won't be able to access it as far as i know, though you will be able to access the FAT16 partition from FreeBSD. If you are intending to run MS Office etc. on the FAT16 partition I actually recommend you use Windows '95. I have found it tends to use less space than '98, thus, Win98 partitions of this size tend to get more crowded. :-/ > Also, can I run any UNIX/Linux application on FreeBSD? Yes, you can run many popular Linux programs under FreeBSD using Linux emulation. And a great deal of programs have native FreeBSD versions. >What > is X Windows? If I hate Windows will I hate X Windows?? Is X Windows is a term used to describe the GUI that FreeBSD uses. There are window managers available to make X-Windows look like Windows '95, a MAC, and everything in between. Also it is highly configurable. If you don't like something... You can change it. I thought Windows 9x was fine until I ran X. The MS Windows GUI though it has more support for video cards and such generally worships the ground X stands on. > 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 I just downloaded all of FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE excluding the packages (which can be fetched at a later date if needed) and it looks like it's about 170 Megabytes. Though you can download it I strongly recommend you order the 4 CD Set from Walnut Creek. Also The Complete FreeBSD by Greg Lehey will be an invaluable resource both for getting the OS running and configured in the first place, but it also makes a great reference manual. > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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