From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 24 20:10:47 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E84DE37B406 for ; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 20:10:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp-send.myrealbox.com (smtp-send.myrealbox.com [192.108.102.143]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6795443E81 for ; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 20:10:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jud@myrealbox.com) Received: from jud.dyndns.org jud@smtp-send.myrealbox.com [63.214.217.98] by smtp-send.myrealbox.com with NetMail SMTP Agent $Revision: 3.9 $ on Novell NetWare via secured & encrypted transport (TLS); Wed, 24 Jul 2002 21:10:30 -0600 Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 23:10:50 -0400 From: Jud To: "Wanda" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: About FreeBSD Operating System Message-Id: <20020724231050.42dbe8ff.jud@myrealbox.com> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.8 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.6) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 On Wed, 24 Jul 2002 21:47:28 -0500 "Wanda" wrote: > To whom it may concern, > > I am writing to ask for help about installing the FreeBSD in my > computer. I have a DELL Optiplex GX 115, X86 Computer with > Windows XP installed on the master drive 40 gigs. It has 512 > Ram, 800 mhz, a slave drive 15 gigs which I want to install > another operating system on for programming purposes. > > My question is, will the FreeBSD run on my slave drive, which is > already partitioned and ready for installation. > > I am so frustrated. I have read so much on different sites > including redhatlinux etc., and I just want to download > something that will work with mine. > > I tried the phatlinux, and it said it wasn't compatible with my > X86, which it referred to as an older version. :::laughs:::: > Sigh. Can you help me? Please? > > Thank You, > Wanda Williams Yes, it certainly should work. If you're used to running just Windows, there's a lot that will be unfamiliar. This list, the -newbies list, and a number of other sites such as http://www.onlamp.com/bsd/ are very good resources. It's also recommended that you read the Handbook and FAQ available on this web site before asking on the list, and Google/Google Groups can be very helpful as well. The very best thing is if you happen to have a friend who knows more Unix or Linux than you do and is willing to help. Go for it and come back if/when you have questions. It's helpful to identify yourself as a newbie so that people posting answers may take time to explain things a little more thoroughly. Jud P.S. Please turn off the HTML in your mail if you can - thanks! :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message