Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:26:07 -0500 From: Chess Griffin <chess@chessgriffin.com> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> Cc: manikandan.x.balachandran@jpmchase.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can I install Free BSD latest version on my laptop with dual boot? Message-ID: <4754584F.3060401@chessgriffin.com> In-Reply-To: <20071203173721.GH6215@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <OF70DC3D35.8D3E192B-ON802573A6.003DB88E-802573A6.003EE323@jpmchase.com> <20071203173721.GH6215@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigD4CC0C04612F07E6879A6D02 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jerry McAllister wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Can I install Free BSD latest version on my laptop with dual boot (Win= dows=20 >> Vista + Free BSD), my system configuration details are as follows >=20 > Probably. You will have to divide your hard disk. > I have successfully been doing that will Partition Magic (7.0) but rece= ntly=20 > got V 8.0 and found it to be completely inadequate - the CD wouldn't bo= ot=20 > correctly it seems to have errors in the scripts and it would not talk = to=20 > my USB drive which I wanted to divide up - the reason for going to 8.0.= > So, I am not sure which utility to recommend for dividing the disk. > If it is FAT, then a couple of free utilities come with FreeBSD that mi= ght > work (I haven't tried them), but if it is NTFS, then they will not work= and > you will need to get something else. Partition Magic 7.0 will work > fine, but I don't know where you would get a copy nowdays. > There is another utility out there called 'Partition Commander' I have= n't > used it, but might, after I get my PM 8.0 mess cleared up. There are also some good Linux-based Live CD's that are essentiall Partition Magic clones, one is GParted Live CD and the other is Parted Magic. They are very small iso's that pretty much just have a small window manager and some sort of disk partitioning tool like parted. I have used them to partition disks with great success. Good luck! Chess --=20 Chess Griffin GPG Key: 0x0C7558C3 http://www.chessgriffin.com --------------enigD4CC0C04612F07E6879A6D02 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHVFhSKzd9mAx1WMMRAiL9AJoDiONlacI9GQ89ckgaG6+cjQ0GpwCfQxLl UqDd6Dt9IROe+UVK8c30ONE= =gIYo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigD4CC0C04612F07E6879A6D02--
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