From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 22 09:44:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA01311 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 09:44:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mercury.jorsm.com (mercury.jorsm.com [207.112.128.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA01214 for ; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 09:43:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jer@jorsm.com) Received: from localhost (jer@localhost) by mercury.jorsm.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id LAA05757; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 11:43:54 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 11:43:54 -0500 (CDT) From: Jeremy Shaffner To: Curt Legacy cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: info... In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.16.19980620065525.1c1f86ac@mailserv.nbnet.nb.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 20 Jun 1998, Curt Legacy wrote: > i need a lil info... > first...how big is freebsg? Minimum (working) installation requirement is ~60M. > second...will i have to reformat my drive You will definately have to resize your existing DOS partition(s) to make room for FreeBSD. FBSD uses it's own partition. A Defrag is necessary before resizing (with FIPS or Partition Magic). If that's too much trouble, then it might be best to start from scratch (install DOS on 1 partition, FBSD on the other.) It's also possible to pick up an old harddrive somewhere for under $50. Look around. Heck..you could probably even buy a 486 for under $50 and rip out the drive. (Or make it a dedicated FBSD machine.) Check out http://www.computer4sale.com/. > third...my family uses win3.1, will i be able to run 3.1 from freebsd? No. However, there is a WINdows Emulator (WINE) that will do what you want. As long as you're dual booting though, why bother? > and can i have it load on startup Don't understand "it". The above answer may negate this question. -===================================================================- Jeremy Shaffner JORSM Internet Senior Technical Support Northwest Indiana's Premium jer@jorsm.com Internet Service Provider support@jorsm.com http://www.jorsm.com -===================================================================- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message