Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 02:34:07 +0000 From: "Frank Pawlak" <fpawlak@execpc.com> To: Brandon Lockhart <brandon@engulf.net>, bsalle <salle@telisphere.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I am unfortunitly a Windows User Message-ID: <980725023407.ZM727@darkstar.connect.com> In-Reply-To: Brandon Lockhart <brandon@engulf.net> "Re: I am unfortunitly a Windows User" (Jul 24, 8:06pm) References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980724200459.5892D-100000@engulf.net>
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On Jul 24, 8:06pm, Brandon Lockhart wrote: > Subject: Re: I am unfortunitly a Windows User > :My name is Brandon Salle I have been interested in free BSD for a long time > :my problem is that I dont have enough money to get the CD ROM of Free BSD > :and I am Not on a network and if I were to do it FTP I still couldn't do it because > :my modem is a windows modem so the only option that I can think of is this thing called > :an MS-DOS partition the only problem is when I install the boot disk will it wipe out all my > :MS Windows stuff in the process I dont want to loose Windows NT 4.0 and 95 please contact > :me ASAP HURRY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think that the answer provided below is a bit harsh. I have installed FreeBSD on a machine with both Windows NT/95 installed an have not had any problems trashing the hard drive. Firstly, a product like Partition Magic can easily create the necessary partition for FreeBSD. Yes your drive must have a partition for FreeBSD, and Partition Magic is a good way to do it. Secondly, the FreeBSD boot manager will allow you to dual boot FreeBSD and Windows NT/95. Read the related information an the FreeBSD web page under documentation and if you have further questions, post them to this mailing list. If you can get a copy of The Complete FreeBSD all the information you need to do this install is contained in it in an easy reading format. This book is worth its' weight in gold. Best of luck, Frank > > Yes, installing FreeBSD will completely kill your hard drive. This has > happened many times. Once this happens, your hard drive is rendered > useless. In order to fix it, you must go to: > > http://www.freebsd.org/ > > and read the manuals and the install guide. Good luck! > > ,-----------------------------------------------------------------. > | //// "Anything I say represents only my opinion." | > | (o o) / | > | ,---ooO--(_)--Ooo---------------------------------------------, | > | | BRANDON LOCKHART | | > | `-------------------------------------------------------------' | > | brandon.lockhart@usinternetworking.com brandon@engulf.net | > | Work: (410) 897-4551 Pager: (888) xxx-xxxx | > `-----------------------------------------------------------------' > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >-- End of excerpt from Brandon Lockhart To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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