From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 8 05:09:50 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B38316A41F for ; Thu, 8 Dec 2005 05:09:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gaynw@bristolsystems.com) Received: from fed1rmmtao10.cox.net (fed1rmmtao10.cox.net [68.230.241.29]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3485B43D66 for ; Thu, 8 Dec 2005 05:09:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gaynw@bristolsystems.com) Received: from workdog ([68.228.71.3]) by fed1rmmtao10.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20051208050849.VKLM20441.fed1rmmtao10.cox.net@workdog>; Thu, 8 Dec 2005 00:08:49 -0500 From: "Gayn Winters" To: "'jon freddy'" , Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 21:09:19 -0800 Message-ID: <00fa01c5fbb5$8eb84320$6501a8c0@workdog> 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 10.0.4024 In-Reply-To: <20051208034310.38364.qmail@web34309.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Importance: Normal Cc: Subject: RE: installation 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: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 05:09:50 -0000 > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of jon freddy > Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 7:43 PM > I use Linux, but for a project I am doing it involves > the BSD port system so now I want to experience it for > myself. As I said I have Linux and Windows with GRUB. > If I try and install FreeBSD will it detect I already > have grub, a swap drive? Will it also give me an > option to partition it? FreeBSD won't "detect" GRUB, but you can have FreeBSD not touch the MBR during the install so that you are on your own to configure your favorite boot loader after (or before for that matter) installing FreeBSD. To configure swap space, read man swapon/off/cfg in http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=swapon&sektion=8&apropos=0&manp ath=FreeBSD+6.0-RELEASE+and+Ports. You can get the FreeBSD installer to partition your hard drive, but given you have two other OS's on your hard drive, I'd recommend that you use an FDISK-like utility before you install FreeBSD so that you are happy with your (DOS)partitions first. It is easy to select the appropriate (DOS) partition for FreeBSD during the install. I strongly recommend reading about installations, slices, and (BSD) partitions in the FreeBSD Handbook http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html. Welcome to FreeBSD, -gayn Bristol Systems Inc. 714/532-6776 www.bristolsystems.com