From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 10 21:49:16 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 ED3F016A41F for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 21:49:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from willmaier@ml1.net) Received: from out4.smtp.messagingengine.com (out4.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7569A43D48 for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 21:49:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from willmaier@ml1.net) Received: from frontend1.internal (mysql-sessions.internal [10.202.2.149]) by frontend1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C60ACCE1C9 for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 17:49:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend3.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.152]) by frontend1.internal (MEProxy); Sat, 10 Sep 2005 17:49:14 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: RzQx4ssYt45LoQe7SzpXQnwhwWLFCbfaLD5yExAtqrcA 1126388954 Received: from merkur (host-66-202-74-42.choiceone.net [66.202.74.42]) by frontend3.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A2A61E1 for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 17:49:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: by merkur (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1000 willmaier@ml1.net; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 16:49:18 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 16:49:17 -0500 From: Will Maier To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050910214917.GO21356@localhost.localdomain> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <1d7.44987528.3054ac5f@aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1d7.44987528.3054ac5f@aol.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Subject: Re: Compatibility X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 21:49:17 -0000 On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 05:38:39PM -0400, Toolman327@aol.com wrote: > I was wondering if the FreeBSD Unix program that I have on cd's > would be compatible with a Compaq Presario 5430US. I came close > to installing it till at the end when it gave a last warning > involving a message that asked if I was sure I wanted to install > and that I could loose data on disk once installed. Do you know > if this program will work on my computer? Thanks and hope to hear > from you soon. I am taking a Unix course at a University and > could use a program like this (version 4.11) to help with my > homework at home Installing FreeBSD will overwrite all the data on the partitions you chose to install it to; if you chose the defaults, IIRC, that will mean the entire harddisk. If you currently have Windows or Linux on the computer, you can configure the installation to live next to the existing OS(es) (it's called multi-booting) or choose to get rid of them and only have FreeBSD. FreeBSD is an entire operating system, like Windows or Linux, not just a single program. It's a collection of programs that will give you full Unix-like functionality -- it would be great to use to work on your Unix skills for a University course or a job. I don't know specifically if FreeBSD will work on your Compaq, but a google search should help. Anecdotally, I'm running FreeBSD on my Thinkpad just fine -- I'm sure other people have it running on various other machines. Good luck! -- o--------------------------{ Will Maier }--------------------------o | jabber:..wcmaier@jabber.ccc.de | email:..........wcmaier@ml1.net | | \.........wcmaier@cae.wisc.edu | \..........wcmaier@cae.wisc.edu | *------------------[ BSD Unix: Live Free or Die ]------------------*