From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 26 16: 2:43 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2595037B4DB for ; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 15:54:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g5QMsY4W069231; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 23:54:34 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) id g5QMsTYL069230; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 23:54:29 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 23:54:29 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: reuben manickam P J Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Reg installing FreeBSD on my m/c Message-ID: <20020626225429.GC68946@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> References: <20020626202415.81522.qmail@web20109.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020626202415.81522.qmail@web20109.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i 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, Jun 26, 2002 at 09:24:15PM +0100, reuben manickam P J wrote: > I am having a system with AMD athlon , windows XP configuration. If > i need to install FreeBSD in my m/c what needs to be done. Do i need > to format my m/c or i can install it just like that. If you want to wipe out the pre-existing Windows XP installation, then you don't need to do anything special. Just boot from the FreeBSD installation media and follow the instructions. > Please reply with the details. Handbook Chapter 2 -- http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html Read, mark, learn and inwardly digest before starting. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Tel: +44 1628 476614 Marlow Fax: +44 0870 0522645 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message