From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 3 19:26:40 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAD7F16A41B for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2007 19:26:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chess@chessgriffin.com) Received: from mxout-03.mxes.net (mxout-03.mxes.net [216.86.168.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D07C813C459 for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2007 19:26:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chess@chessgriffin.com) Received: from [192.168.1.40] (unknown [216.64.117.178]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2524C23E4B2; Mon, 3 Dec 2007 14:26:39 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <4754584F.3060401@chessgriffin.com> Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:26:07 -0500 From: Chess Griffin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jerry McAllister References: <20071203173721.GH6215@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20071203173721.GH6215@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.5 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigD4CC0C04612F07E6879A6D02" 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? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:26:41 -0000 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--