From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 8 9:58: 1 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.48]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 855F937B422 for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2001 09:57:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from columbia ([12.93.210.253]) by mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20011108175751.YWSX5495.mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net@columbia>; Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:57:51 +0000 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" To: "Shawn O'Bryhim" , Subject: RE: mac/pc Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 12:51:20 -0500 Message-ID: <013701c1687d$f90464e0$6600000a@columbia> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Shawn O'Bryhim > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 7:34 AM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: mac/pc > > I am interested in sing freebsd but have a few questions. I have > a PC with > Windos 98 on it and a Toshiba laptop with windows 95. My husband > has a MAC. > We have a DSL connection for the internet and would like to be able to use > the connection on both his MAC and my PC at the same time. If I > were to put > freebsd on my laptop and use that for my internet purposes only, > would we be > able to create a network between my laptop, his MAC and my PC > with freebsd? > I hope this is not too confusing. > > Also, I am still not clear about how freebsd works. If I put that on my > laptop that has win95, will i still see or use win95, or will it > be totally > gone? ( i won't cry if that's the case). It's certainly possible to use FreeBSD on a laptop, and as a network gateway... you'd only have to have two network cards in it to be able to have it function as a gateway. As far as the Windows 95 issue, you can dual boot the laptop, but when it's running Windows 95, you're not going to be able to use it as the network gateway. --- Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message