From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 29 19:19: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail4.uts.ohio-state.edu (mail4.uts.ohio-state.edu [128.146.214.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5C2614D8D for ; Thu, 29 Jul 1999 19:18:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grieselhuber.2@osu.edu) Received: from 216.69.200.152 (tcs3-24.arl.netwalk.net [216.69.200.152]) by mail4.uts.ohio-state.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id WAA11172 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 1999 22:17:35 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199907300217.WAA11172@mail4.uts.ohio-state.edu> From: Ray Grieselhuber To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Subject: Installing FreeBSD over linux Date: 29 Jul 99 22:20:14 -0500 X-Mailer: NeoPlanet Version: 5.0.0.811 X-ID: 17B5A183460011D3BF1E444553540000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I currently have Slackware and Windows 98 dually installed on my notebook. I want to install Free BSD instead of Slackware, but I had a few questions. 1) I have Linux installed on the first partition, and then Windows after that, because when I installed Windows on the first partition, it took over the whole hard drive, and wouldn't recognize Linux (go figure...) I read in the documentation however, that FreeBSD should be installed on the second partition after a small Microsoft partition, and then the rest of the extended partitions can be for Microsoft also. Is the way I have my disk configured going to be a problem? 2) I have LILO installed, and I was thinking about using Booteasy to establish the same function, so I wouldn't have to boot from a floppy when I wanted to boot FreeBSD. Will this get in the way when I try to install FreeBSD? Moreover, will I have to uninstall Linux before I install FreeBSD? I would appreciate your insight. Thanks. Ray Grieselhuber grieselhuber.2@osu.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message