From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 27 11:58:44 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22844106566B for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:58:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB6CC8FC0C for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:58:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-195-103-124.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.103.124]) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7230A1DAFC; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:58:42 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id p6RBwf6O001615; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:58:41 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:58:41 +0200 From: Polytropon To: "Ganesh Khedkar" Message-Id: <20110727135841.96c2a200.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20110726110657.86e3ac62@mail.gatewaytechnolabs.com> References: <20110726110657.86e3ac62@mail.gatewaytechnolabs.com> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hi installing on windows dual boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:58:44 -0000 On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:06:57 +0000, Ganesh Khedkar wrote: > Hi all, > I am new to FreeBSD , just wanted to give one suggestion that , Ubuntu linux have given one > Nice facility to user that they can easily install Ubuntu in windows and any drive we want . > Even we can assign size to that drive . So cant we provide this facility to our user . > So that people can experience freeBSD. Currently you cannot install FreeBSD from withing "Windows", if this is what you mean. FreeBSD is an operating system that needs to be booted _on_ the machine it should be installed to, as the installer requires that OS - just the same way you cannot simply "try" a "Windows" by installing it into, let's say... Solaris. :-) Hint 1: You need to install FreeBSD in order to use it. This is done by booting FreeBSD. However, you can "install" (i. e. use) a system image for a virtualisation software, e. g. for VMWare or VirtualPC. You can use the default installation approaches (from CD or DVD, from USB drive), or you can download a "turnkey" solution that provides a preinstalled and preconfigured system that you can run within "Windows" (using the VM solution). An example is VirtualBSD: http://www.virtualbsd.info/ Hint 2: You can use a VM solution. You can _easily_ install a dual-boot solution for FreeBSD and "Windows", but you have to do that from within the FreeBSD installer, as mentioned above. You can _also_ use PC-BSD to install a "normal" FreeBSD, as well as the PC-BSD operating system (derived from FreeBSD). This is also simple and easy. Find more info here: http://www.pcbsd.org/ Hint 3: Dual-booting is easy. :-) During _any_ of the installation methods mentioned, you can define the target drive and the size of your installation. Typically it is a hard disk, but it doesn't have to be. More information is provided by the FreeBSD Handbook and the FAQ, which you'll find here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/ http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/faq/ FreeBSD provides excellent documentation that helps you to do the easy task of installation. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...