Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 08:18:52 -0800 From: dan@wolf.com To: Big Mayo <molagund@its.brooklyn.cuny.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cohabitation Message-ID: <19990212081852.B12807@ns.wolf.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.05.9902121055130.7923-100000@acc6>; from Big Mayo on Fri, Feb 12, 1999 at 11:05:28AM -0500 References: <Pine.GSO.4.05.9902121055130.7923-100000@acc6>
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On Fri, Feb 12, 1999 at 11:05:28AM -0500, Big Mayo wrote: > I have Windows98 (which is giving me REAL grief with freezes, lockups..etc.) > and I want to know how I would go about the installation of freebsd Linux. > My problem is that I have an 8.4GB Hard Drive which is one huge partition, > so when I am ready to install FreeBSD I will have to partition it (is that > correct?). How do I do that without destroying what I already have on my > drive? You've got a couiple of choices. You can use a commercial product like Partition Magic, or you can try the freeware tools like fips. Whichever you choose, make sure to back up everything you consider important! > Another question. Is it true that I can install FreeBSD in such a way > that I will be able to boot up to Linux whenever I want to, by inserting > a disk in the a drive? How would I go about putting that configuration > together? If that option is less involved than going through a boot > manager to establish a dual boot, I would prefer it. Assuming here that you meant "boot up to FreeBSD" rather than "boot up to Linux", yes you can. I don't recall the exact details, but you will probably find the details in the handbook at http://www.freebsd.org. > Does your package come with C/C++ compiler and Java compiler? gcc, g++, and egcs, and I believe JDK 1.1.7. Dan Mahoney dan@wolf.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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