From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 31 15:28:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA01651 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 31 Oct 1998 15:28:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from oz.phear.net (slwag2p10.ozemail.com.au [203.108.157.58]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA01643 for ; Sat, 31 Oct 1998 15:28:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jim@phrantic.phear.net) Received: from localhost (jim@localhost) by oz.phear.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA00523; Sun, 1 Nov 1998 10:28:07 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from jim@phrantic.phear.net) Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 10:28:07 +1100 (EST) From: Jim Mock To: "Kareem ." cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hi, In-Reply-To: <19981031194706.24579.qmail@hotmail.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 31 Oct 1998, Kareem . wrote: > Hi, I was wondering about some things about freebsd. > > I installed linux a while ago on my computer and it didn't install well > and i had to format my computer. so will this also happen when i install > Freebsd? It won't if ya do it right :-) Read the Handbook at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook.html before installing and there should be no problems. > Also I was wondering whether i can run freebsd and windows. My brother > likes windows, and i hate it. so is there a way we can have both? Yes. You'll be able install the boot manager when you install. It'll let you choose which OS you want to boot into. > And i also have another problem, my modem is a Winmodem, can i connect > to the internet un freebsd with my winmodem? > No. You'll need to ditch the Winmodem and get something else if you want to connect with FreeBSD. Jim : Jim Mock | [jim@phrantic.phear.net] : : Phear Networks | web: http://www.phear.net/ : : A franchise of Triax, Inc. | ----------------------------- : : Web Site Design & Hosting | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve : : Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia | http://www.freebsd.org/ : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message