From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 4 23:14:31 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EC5B37B502 for ; Wed, 4 Oct 2000 23:14:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id e956ERF12482; Wed, 4 Oct 2000 23:14:27 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 23:14:27 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Carl Mooney Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installing freeBSD Message-ID: <20001004231427.U27736@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <000801c02e5a$e8168c20$5de4ff3e@Wildsea> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <000801c02e5a$e8168c20$5de4ff3e@Wildsea>; from wildsea@ntlworld.com on Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 12:29:12AM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Carl Mooney [001004 23:04] wrote: > I'm new to all this computing stuff but need to learn how to use > UNIX for a Masters programme I'm doing. My question is can I install > freeBSD onto my current PC (running windows 98) and have it as a > duel boot so that I can learn Unix at home, without needing to go > into university? If so is it relatively easy? Please wrap lines at 70 characters. Yes, you can dual boot FreeBSD, it is relatively easy to use but requires some diligence and a lot of reading, you'll want to start here: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message