From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Jan 9 17:29:16 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C845A69420 for ; Sat, 9 Jan 2016 17:29:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@bertram-scharpf.de) Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mout.kundenserver.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DE2E91197 for ; Sat, 9 Jan 2016 17:29:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@bertram-scharpf.de) Received: from becker.bs.l ([85.180.1.108]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue002) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MGJhX-1aNmc20Fzr-00FBwT for ; Sat, 09 Jan 2016 18:29:13 +0100 Received: from bsch by becker.bs.l with local (Exim 4.86 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1aHxKC-000PQ5-4P for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2016 18:29:12 +0100 Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 18:29:12 +0100 From: Bertram Scharpf To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install Unix on a laptop with Windows OS Message-ID: <20160109172912.GA97687@becker.bs.l> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <33350.12056.bm@smtp113.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Sender: Bertram Scharpf X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:3ZvideQOcf6HT3I+rFaKBkzjLhiJiVv2gK277ofwQ4fVh2QUv4N uRwH/R3Y2mq63fshG+zlw6MSlXroHBeurJrH6mDx1+17Fz+TBmN6vszNAhqFSrpIrqTv5d4 pNEDDAvwkqQD7U7n5EyJoXAoNj1O+PczR79SuAXQa2gfgqex7NO0ThVtZ05lQGqYkHda0OR bUqUZRnel2gb6MWZk6ajg== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:6rNTO2blhCM=:WXnY919HHCoF/UYDBSALHT VdtvBqUrmLaIKTpy6LU/La1+fxSqj0V+qFJq5rJ8I18ZKMlgZv579kEWH5APhYQP+3fMguGJS 5EIKFC3MsWyW5wnCUmsQZMVcmAdnxTBAeqiCJOnxmKKvjFgL/Mx8WKLHs0/56XxYbzNZwkjic dPMyav2xjt+8iaNh/m++Da3YwlndSWDCcmjkbAZ+0HtfQtaohllblvFNnosNQzrgcCxeF6Y6u 62gADdZNuEEXeJLn6NFE3jVEBkOpmb4OppYxc3WTgkaDLEE3uHdOnAARIaeOzuL3MbZpeB/lQ UCQjDX0I47o4cVKCtVNNTmFQ9rbTbQFLEWaAFIQiYLLp7uK/RwiT2hO9JBnLupmX/N1KyVgdt 4HOzkRM/CTdfwKcb1s1o6uVFAVwg7Hbm3a0D7NxIfaFxiptn6cIvsvlYMev/5hFIyT7mLiJ+I uQl72ItxE4GpnfkCVrXxQ2TAJH6MU4KI5VSmgr4LSr5ZK+HI8n7Q7/Uantrdk+lkMkTcoWtET fHUpaarSMDP6GWfLTaBYTviMXeR5SQaGVb2Rrba0fL7lf0aEOupVL3uQ9ZV77YjNjG+8Jj0MY zcVKbSK2R72ms9V/2/6pvi+svlnsKesmfzb0/N/SmSnsqS2aHeWmTmi6BDJsveoncxAGOY0Sg z4k3OD/8MyVQx0hK2ZTqh7ZGeqWkssQoIeKHtwBwUaic8KQeWS2l779BULhN6Q12KSoc= X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2016 17:29:16 -0000 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