From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 1 04:38:31 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CD6A16A4CE for ; Mon, 1 Dec 2003 04:38:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from rdsnet.ro (smtp.rdsnet.ro [62.231.74.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74D2143FB1 for ; Mon, 1 Dec 2003 04:38:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from itetcu@apropo.ro) Received: (qmail 25034 invoked from network); 1 Dec 2003 12:38:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro) (81.196.25.19) by mail.rdsnet.ro with SMTP; 1 Dec 2003 12:38:25 -0000 Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 14:39:06 +0200 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu To: "ADSBANNERS" Message-Id: <20031201143906.7f1cccff.itetcu@apropo.ro> In-Reply-To: <000301c3b7a2$46d11b80$0600a8c0@rsbdel> References: <000701c3b707$2de45a60$0600a8c0@rsbdel> <20031130151254.5173be74.itetcu@apropo.ro> <000301c3b7a2$46d11b80$0600a8c0@rsbdel> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.6claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FIRST INSTALL QUESTION X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 12:38:31 -0000 [cc'd back to questions@] On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 16:29:56 -0800 "ADSBANNERS" wrote: > 20031130:09:24gmt-8 las vegas nv 89102 > > Thanks for the information. My plesure. > What do you mean by unregistered? I supose you refer to my signature. Well the short story is an allusion at some linux users, their Linux registered user #nnnnnnn signatureand the way some of them see the rest of the world based on how small the number is --> how old linux user one is. The ideea came to me from a chat@freesd.org thread a few years ago and basicaly want to say that not the age is important but what you know and learn. I'm using FreeBSD since 2.2.4 but I know a few people that learned more that me in just a few months ;) It is also an allusion at the activation, registering and the rest wonderfull things of M$. > I want to > explain what I meant about booting to DOS from Windows 98 Start-up Menu. Can > I do the following (C: bootable; D: orig formatted FAT32 not bootable to > Windows, 2 partitions - 1 FAT32, 1 BSD).. > > 1. Boot to Windows Start-up Menu > 2. Choose 'Command Prompt Only' > 3. C:>CD D: > 4.D:>FBSDBOOT.EXE > > If that would work I think it would be the most attractive to me. The file > FBSDBOOT.EXE sounds like magic.. it must be a Windows package, yes? DOS to be more exact. > Could > you possibly Format FDisk one of the new portable USB2.0 drives, install DOS > 6.2 on one partition and FreeBSD on another and take the server w/ you? Yes. > the latest distribution of FreeBSD support USB 2.0? Depending on the MB yes or no. See the hardware notes for the release you whant to use. > I'm dreamin' here but I > am scrambling because XP is a can of worms and Longhorn will be worse. As I didn't / don't use FBSDBOOT.EXE I can not say much about it. You might what to review: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=37734 and the thead http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugs/2003-July/001942.html As far as I know this utility is usefull on some older BIOSes that don't know LBA but could also be used to skip installing the MBR code (BootEasy, which I trust more). -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user