Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 22:21:02 -0500 (CDT) From: Brennan W Stehling <brennan@offwhite.net> To: Phrogman149@aol.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WINDOWS OS Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005142214020.65777-100000@home.offwhite.net> In-Reply-To: <44.39ba8ef.2650c1d0@aol.com>
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Someone told me just this weekend that he was shown a system which was running Windows on the same computer as Linux at the same time. He said it split the single ethernet device into two MAC addresses and both were working as if they were alone. I did not see it myself and asked him if it was simply running Linux emulation or possibly someone being funny with a KVM switch, but he said it was real. I am not sure if Linux utilities were just added to Windows or how two GUIs could run at the same time, so I am skeptical. I was always told that you can only have one OS running on a machine at a time, but maybe that has now changed. And if it can work for Linux, it may work for FreeBSD. (given some work) But right now all I know that you can do is dual boot with a unique OS with it's own home partition and only run one at a time. That is a common option for Windows/Unix users these days. Maybe that is what you are looking for. Is anyone familiar with the above Linux/Windows at the same time technology? Is this for real? How long has it been around? Websites for more info maybe??? Brennan Stehling - web developer and sys admin projects: www.greasydaemon.com | www.onmilwaukee.com | www.sncalumni.com Microsoft: Will you get a macro virus today? On Sun, 14 May 2000 Phrogman149@aol.com wrote: > This may sound extremely stupid, but can BSD run off of or with a Windows OS? > I am new to this, but am still interested in your project. Thank you. > S > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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