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Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 10:06:51 +1030
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: Art <mattox@csd.uwm.edu>
Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: installing FreeBSD
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On Mon, 23 February 1998 at 10:25:58 -0600, Art wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, Greg Lehey wrote:
>
> Thank you very much for your prompt response to my inquiry.

You're welcome.

>>> I am looking for any suggestions/recommendations that anyone may offer
>>> to make this transition as painless and efficient as possible.  e.g.
>>> Some questions that come to mind are which OS should I install first?
>>> When should I erase everything on the smaller disk?
>>
>> During the installation.  The installation process does this for you.
>
> Does it matter which OS I install first?

It shouldn't, but if you're installing Microsoft, it tends to want to
wipe the disk clean of any operating systems, so it's probably a good
idea to do it first.  I don't know if Microsoft will install on the
second disk, though.

Greg

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