Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 18:57:35 +1100 From: Anders Jensen-Waud <anders@jensenwaud.com> To: Eleonora Marchioretti <eleonora.marchioretti@yahoo.com> Cc: "doc@FreeBSD.org" <doc@freebsd.org>, "questions@FreeBSD.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Install Unix on a laptop with Windows OS Message-ID: <CALvn0yie3cvttfQdu6WP74MJNV-pGpaKOHpQsBVc6OaJVURyZg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <33018666.1010913.1452316374119.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> References: <33018666.1010913.1452316374119.JavaMail.yahoo.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <33018666.1010913.1452316374119.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com>
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On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 4:12 PM, Eleonora Marchioretti via freebsd-doc < freebsd-doc@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hi > 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.Thank you in advance. > Best regardsEleonora > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > If you don't want to replace Windows (that is, do dual boot), an option is to first repartition the disk using Gparted or similar from a usb based Linux distribution such as Knoppix. Install Knoppix onto a USB drive, boot from it and start Gparted to resize your Windows partition and make space for the FreeBSD partition. Remember to back up your data before doing this. (See http://gparted.org/faq.php#faq-7) Once done, start the FreeBSD install as usual, installing to the free space on your drive. You will need to install the FreeBSD boot loader to the MBR in order to do multi-boot. Cheers Anders
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