From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Jun 18 16:45:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA08651 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 16:45:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA08638 for ; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 16:45:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA23809; Fri, 19 Jun 1998 09:45:27 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980619094523.25151@welearn.com.au> Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 09:45:23 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: Randall Dill Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: i want to know what bsd is References: <000001bd9aeb$37cb3be0$90212499@kit> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <000001bd9aeb$37cb3be0$90212499@kit>; from Randall Dill on Thu, Jun 18, 1998 at 02:59:26PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Jun 18, 1998 at 02:59:26PM -0400, Randall Dill wrote: > Please email me bacl and tell me what BSD is. It is not a program that you simply download and run. It is a Unix-style operating system, quite unlike any Microsoft operating systems. Some people have two or more operating systems installed on the one computer. To do it that way, you would need to have a large area of disk that has not been set up as any kind of Microsoft partition. There are ways to reduce the size of a Microsoft partition to make free space for FreeBSD as well, or some people have two hard disks, one for each operating system. Each time they boot the computer they get to choose which operating system to use. Generally you can't run applications for one operating system under another operating system. > Also please tell me how i can get it. Thankyou. Full details are given on the FreeBSD web site, including information about how to get FreeBSD and how to install it as your operating system. If you decide to do this, first examine all sections of the installation documentation carefully. Then if you still have questions write to our group of volunteer support people at freebsd-questions@freebsd.org -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message