Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 11:18:25 -0400 From: joel2a@yahoo.com To: Boomerkitten@aol.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: loading freebsd-unix Message-ID: <4.2.2.20010615111344.02e5cf00@pop.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <fd.7cd3497.285b7e78@aol.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
--=====================_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" <html> If keeping windows 98 is so important to you I would buy a new hard drive and install freebsd on that.<br> Then use some multiple OS boot system to switch between them.<br> <br> Joel<br> <br> <br> At 11:06 AM 6/15/01 -0400, you wrote:<br> <font face="arial" size=2><blockquote type=cite cite>Dear FreeBSD, <br> I am interested in loading UNIX onto my computer but I know almost <br> nothing about operating systems. I am currently running Windows98. If I <br> download FreeBSD/UNIX, will I overwrite and destroy my existing operating <br> system? <br> In a networking class that I am taking, the machine has both the <br> Microsoft 98 operating system and UNIX. If you hit f1, Windows loads, if you <br> hit f2, UNIX loads. Will I end up with something like that. <br> I'm very much interested in experimenting with UNIX, but not at the <br> cost of trashing my existing system. <br> Thanks, Boomerkitten@aol.com </font></blockquote></html> --=====================_193984645==_.ALT-- _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4.2.2.20010615111344.02e5cf00>