Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 18:29:12 +0100 From: Bertram Scharpf <lists@bertram-scharpf.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install Unix on a laptop with Windows OS Message-ID: <20160109172912.GA97687@becker.bs.l> In-Reply-To: <33350.12056.bm@smtp113.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <33018666.1010913.1452316374119.JavaMail.yahoo.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <33018666.1010913.1452316374119.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <20160109122254.32c91434@fujitsu> <33350.12056.bm@smtp113.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
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Hi, On Saturday, 09. Jan 2016, 12:12:53 +0000, Thomas Mueller wrote: > from Eax Melanhovich: > > On Sat, 9 Jan 2016 05:12:54 +0000 (UTC) > > Eleonora Marchioretti > > wrote: > > > > I would like to know if it is possible to install UNIX (not Linux) on > > > a laptop that has already a Windows OS and if you have instructions > > > to do it. > > > Still according to my experience this is a bad idea. Last time I tried > > something like this Windows was corrupting boot loader from time to > > time so it was impossible to boot anything except Windows. > > > Another possibility, if laptop has an eSATA port, is to > install FreeBSD on an eSATA hard drive, or SATA hard drive > in a hard-drive enclosure that has eSATA. > > It may be necessary to install GRUB2 to a USB stick and > boot from that; from there it should be able to boot > anything on an eSATA hard drive. You could also try to boot from a USB stick whose /etc/fstab then mounts partions of the _first_ hard drive on /usr, /usr/home etc. Bertram -- Bertram Scharpf Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany http://www.bertram-scharpf.de
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