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From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>
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Subject: Re: re changing from vista
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On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 10:57:31PM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote:

> >>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.

Now that wouldn't hold up in court.

////jerry