From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 23 19:32:41 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56DCA16A4A6 for ; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:32:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Received: from mail.scls.lib.wi.us (mail.scls.lib.wi.us [198.150.40.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDC9443D49 for ; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:32:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Received: from [172.26.2.238] ([172.26.2.238]) by mail.scls.lib.wi.us (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k5NJWarv025759; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:32:36 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Message-ID: <449C41D4.4070205@scls.lib.wi.us> Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:32:36 -0500 From: Greg Barniskis User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Walt Haynes References: <005c01c696f8$f10acaf0$2e01a8c0@homefd908b2fef> In-Reply-To: <005c01c696f8$f10acaf0$2e01a8c0@homefd908b2fef> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD 4.9 on a Windows/XP Professional system. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:32:41 -0000 Walt Haynes wrote: > Good afternoon. I have a Compaq SR1810NX with a 100GB hard drive > split into four equal partitions of 23GB. Two are initialized (one with > Windows/XP (C) and the other with a quick format (G)); the file systems > are NTFS. The other two partitions (D and E) are uninitialized. I have > FreeBSD 4.9 on three CD'S that I'd like to install into one of the > uninitialized partitions. Can you tell me what I need to do for > preinstallation and what do I need to know to direct my installation to > one of the uninitialized partitions? I'm going to give the entire 23GB > to FreeBSD. Thank you in advance for your assistance. I'm very anxious > to learn UNIX system administration and all of the related tasks (shell > programming, security administration, etc.). Version 4.9 is basically obsolete and may not support newer hardware. I don't know your hardware, so can't specifically address that. But even if it's older, you really should download and install version 6.1 from the Web site, or buy a new CD set from a reseller, if you intend to learn the state of the art and keep moving forward. Since the disk space you want to use for FreeBSD is not initialized, you should have little trouble distinguishing it from your Windows disk space during the installation. Telling the installer which disk space to use is pretty straightforward. Even so, you should back up your Windows installation before proceeding with a FreeBSD install, unless you are very confident. For complete install instructions, read the very fine manual: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ Specifically, the method of selecting disk space is described here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-steps.html Welcome, and good luck! -- Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator South Central Library System (SCLS) Library Interchange Network (LINK) , (608) 266-6348