Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 01:54:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Brandon Lockhart <brandon@engulf.net> To: Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com> Cc: bsalle <salle@telisphere.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I am unfortunitly a Windows User Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980725015349.23775A-100000@engulf.net> In-Reply-To: <980725051209.ZM1126@darkstar.connect.com>
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I was not implying it would truly trash your hard drive, I was implying maybe the user should have opened up their browser, and read the FAQ. On Sat, 25 Jul 1998, Frank Pawlak wrote: :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 : : : ,-----------------------------------------------------------------. | //// "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
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