From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 1 16:33:29 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id QAA03993 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 1 Nov 1995 16:33:29 -0800 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id QAA03973 for ; Wed, 1 Nov 1995 16:33:05 -0800 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id LAA07679; Thu, 2 Nov 1995 11:03:01 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199511020033.LAA07679@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: FreeBsd 2.0.5 installation with Windows 95 To: amengual@sadeya.cesca.es (Carlos Amengual) Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 11:03:00 +1030 (CST) Cc: a.mondini@agora.stm.it, questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Carlos Amengual" at Nov 1, 95 06:52:02 pm Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1296 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Carlos Amengual stands accused of saying: > > > I bought FreeBsd 2.0.5 from Walnut Creek, I want to install it > > but I am very scared to do that because on my computer there is > > a Windows 95 installation. That is not mentioned on the > ... > > Is it possible ? > > Can I spoil my Window 95 installation ? > > As far as I know, the FreeBSD boot manager is not aware of the IFS > filesystem model of Windows 95, so I would not try to install it, > (at least until someone can confirm or disregard it). What crap is this? FreeBSD has no need (or desire) to know anything about the "IFS filesystem model". It wants a partition, and in this case, there's space for it to use. > Carlos (And before you puke, yes, I _have_ installed FreeBSD onto a W95 system, and yes, everything worked afterwards. Installing W95 on a FreeBSD system, however, _doesn't_ work properly. Go whine about the real culprits.) -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" -Terry Lambert UNIX: live FreeBSD or die! [[