From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 5 1:11:28 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from boat.mail.pipex.net (our.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 818C037B502 for ; Thu, 5 Oct 2000 01:11:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 21110 invoked from network); 5 Oct 2000 08:10:47 -0000 Received: from mailhost.puck.pipex.net (HELO mailhost.uk.internal) (194.130.147.54) by our.mail.pipex.net with SMTP; 5 Oct 2000 08:10:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 28476 invoked from network); 5 Oct 2000 08:10:01 -0000 Received: from camgate2.cam.uk.internal (172.31.6.21) by mailhost.uk.internal with SMTP; 5 Oct 2000 08:10:01 -0000 Received: by camgate2.cam.uk.internal with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Thu, 5 Oct 2000 09:09:07 +0100 Message-ID: From: Daniel Bye To: 'Carl Mooney' , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: installing freeBSD Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 09:04:01 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi Carl, Yes, you can run FreeBSD alongside another OS. You will need some free space on the hard disk (or even better, get a new disk), and a set of CD's, boot floppies, and easy access to the FreeBSD handbook, at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/index.html, which gives excellent details of preparing your system, and installing FreeBSD. You could also do a lot worse than getting hold of a copy of The Complete FreeBSD, by Greg Lehey (Walnut Creek, mail order from www.cdrom.com) I'm sure once you get FreeBSD up and running, you'll love it! Have fun! Dan -----Original Message----- From: Carl Mooney [mailto:wildsea@ntlworld.com] Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 12:29 AM To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: installing freeBSD 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? Your time and help is much appreciated. Carl Mooney (England). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message