From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 29 04:46:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA19678 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 04:46:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.cityip.co.za (ns.cityip.co.za [196.25.223.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id EAA19670 for ; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 04:46:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wjv@cityip.co.za) Received: from wjv by ns.cityip.co.za with local (Exim 1.82 #2) id 0zYrSz-0003xn-00; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 14:46:17 +0200 Message-ID: <19981029144617.B15193@cityip.co.za> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 14:46:17 +0200 From: Johann Visagie To: Ryan Goeken , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel Mail-Followup-To: Ryan Goeken , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <000701be03a5$b5c61f60$72d9f8cc@goeken-family> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <000701be03a5$b5c61f60$72d9f8cc@goeken-family>; from Ryan Goeken on Thu, Oct 29, 1998 at 08:36:23PM -0500 X-PGP: ftp://ftp.cityip.co.za/users/wjv/pubkey.asc Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 29 Oct 1998 at 20:36 SAT, Ryan Goeken wrote: > > I want to install FreeBSD to improve my unix skills. Someone told me that FreeBSD > comes with a boot manager. Does that help if you have two OS's on the same > computer? Does this allow you to switch back and fourth between the two? Quite right. > My brother said that having two OS's on one computer would mess up the > kernel. Is he right? And if so, how can i prevent this from happening? Please help. Mess up your kernel?? Heh... I don't think so. However, you'll have to take due care during the installation not to mess up the "other" OS, if it has been installed before FreeBSD. Not _that_ difficult; just something to take note of. -- V Johann Visagie | wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 | ICQ: 20645559 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message