From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 15 8:16:12 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp015.mail.yahoo.com (smtp015.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.173.59]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5373637B409 for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2001 08:15:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joel2a@yahoo.com) Received: from unknown (HELO star1) (198.252.45.169) by smtp.mail.vip.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 15 Jun 2001 15:15:58 -0000 X-Apparently-From: Message-Id: <4.2.2.20010615111344.02e5cf00@pop.mail.yahoo.com> X-Sender: joel2a@pop.mail.yahoo.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 11:18:25 -0400 To: Boomerkitten@aol.com From: joel2a@yahoo.com Subject: Re: loading freebsd-unix Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=====================_193984645==_.ALT" 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 --=====================_193984645==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed If keeping windows 98 is so important to you I would buy a new hard drive and install freebsd on that. Then use some multiple OS boot system to switch between them. Joel At 11:06 AM 6/15/01 -0400, you wrote: >Dear FreeBSD, > I am interested in loading UNIX onto my computer but I know almost >nothing about operating systems. I am currently running Windows98. If I >download FreeBSD/UNIX, will I overwrite and destroy my existing operating >system? > In a networking class that I am taking, the machine has both the >Microsoft 98 operating system and UNIX. If you hit f1, Windows loads, if you >hit f2, UNIX loads. Will I end up with something like that. > I'm very much interested in experimenting with UNIX, but not at the >cost of trashing my existing system. >Thanks, Boomerkitten@aol.com --=====================_193984645==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" If keeping windows 98 is so important to you I would buy a new hard drive and install freebsd on that.
Then use some multiple OS boot system to switch between them.

Joel


At 11:06 AM 6/15/01 -0400, you wrote:
Dear FreeBSD,
      I am interested in loading UNIX onto my computer but I know almost
nothing about operating systems.  I am currently running Windows98.  If I
download FreeBSD/UNIX, will I overwrite and destroy my existing operating
system?  
      In a networking class that I am taking, the machine has both the
Microsoft 98 operating system and UNIX.  If you hit f1, Windows loads, if you
hit f2, UNIX loads.  Will I end up with something like that.  
      I'm very much interested in experimenting with UNIX, but not at the
cost of trashing my existing system.
Thanks,  Boomerkitten@aol.com
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