From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 21 16:11:19 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 295E016A51F for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:11:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail28.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail28.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECF4F43D31 for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:11:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: (qmail 17198 invoked from network); 21 Jan 2005 16:11:18 -0000 Received: from dsl092-078-145.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO be-well.ilk.org) ([66.92.78.145]) (envelope-sender ) by mail28.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 21 Jan 2005 16:11:18 -0000 Received: by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix, from userid 1147) id 6763F7E; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:11:17 -0500 (EST) Sender: lowell@be-well.ilk.org To: Marty Landman References: <6.2.0.14.0.20050120093504.01ee0448@mail.face2interface.com> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 21 Jan 2005 11:11:17 -0500 In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.0.20050120093504.01ee0448@mail.face2interface.com> Message-ID: <44wtu6rcd6.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 21 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what release to install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:11:19 -0000 Marty Landman writes: > I'm used to running fbsd 4.8 release on a sandbox server on my lan, > from the mini-iso only. But now am looking at installing the full os > from the two cd set. Is 5.3 release the recommended one to use at this > time? That's why it's called the "Production Release." > My plan is to first install this on my xp box which is a year old and > has dozens of free GB's on 4 windows partitions (one hd) and make it a > dual bootable machine. > > Then I'd like to put it on another box with a p2-233 and about 8 free > GB's on its three windows partitions. > > Is this all reasonable sounding? Sure, as long as you understand that you can't install FreeBSD on a Windows partition. [Not without first making it Not A Windows Partition, that is.]