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Date:      Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:57:31 +0100 (CET)
From:      Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
To:        Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>
Cc:        Da Rock <rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: re changing from vista
Message-ID:  <20081116225651.H26735@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
In-Reply-To: <20081116020702.GC15841@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
References:  <491D59D3.8080809@spansurf.com> <1226700024.22782.30.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20081115011731.K16077@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081116020702.GC15841@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>

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>> simply reading FreeBSD handbook will be the best move for the beginning.
>>
>> But it is NOT windoze replacement.
>
> It is if you put it on the system instead of MS-Win stuff.
> It will totally replace it if you use fdisk to create a FreeBSD slice

no need for slices. i don't create slices on any system.

> and then partition that slice and install FreeBSD.   Win will be totally
> gone and the user will be merrily using something better.
>
> Of course, if the user had said he wanted something like Vista to
> run on his machine, then it wouldn't fit that category.  But that is
> not what he said.
but exactly what he expected. and you know this.



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