From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 24 22:12:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA08515 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 22:12:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgw01.execpc.com (mailgw01.execpc.com [169.207.2.78]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA08504 for ; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 22:12:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fpawlak@execpc.com) Received: from darkstar.connect.com (minbar-1-59.mdm.mke.execpc.com [169.207.135.59]) by mailgw01.execpc.com (8.9.0) id AAA01815; Sat, 25 Jul 1998 00:12:16 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from fpawlak@localhost) by darkstar.connect.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) id AAA01127; Sat, 25 Jul 1998 00:12:09 -0500 (CDT) From: "Frank Pawlak" Message-Id: <980725051209.ZM1126@darkstar.connect.com> Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 05:12:09 +0000 In-Reply-To: Brandon Lockhart "Re: I am unfortunitly a Windows User" (Jul 25, 12:40am) References: X-Mailer: Z-Mail (5.0.0 30July97) To: Brandon Lockhart Subject: Re: I am unfortunitly a Windows User Cc: bsalle , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Now before you get all offended, I wasn't being critical of you or your answer. All I was trying to do was soften the statement that installing FreeBSD commonly trashes hard drives. A strong statement like that could easly scare someone away from trying FreeBSD. Frank On Jul 25, 12:40am, Brandon Lockhart wrote: > Subject: Re: I am unfortunitly a Windows User > :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. > > It was meant to show the ignorance of some people, the people who can't > sit down for five minutes and read a short little man page or readme off > of the web. > > :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. > > Sure enough. > > :Secondly, the FreeBSD boot manager will allow you to dual boot FreeBSD and > :Windows NT/95. > > Uhh huh. > > :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. > > Hence, that is basically what I had said. (See Below) > > :> 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 | > `-----------------------------------------------------------------' >-- End of excerpt from Brandon Lockhart To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message