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Date:      Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:06:55 -0500
From:      Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>
To:        Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
Cc:        Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>, Da Rock <rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: re changing from vista
Message-ID:  <20081116230655.GA19446@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20081116225651.H26735@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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> <20081116225651.H26735@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>

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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   
   



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