From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 20 15:01:32 2010 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 20396106566C for ; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:01:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from laszlo_danielisz@yahoo.com) Received: from web30806.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web30806.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.200.149]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5A2138FC13 for ; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:01:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 31707 invoked by uid 60001); 20 Apr 2010 15:01:30 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1271775690; bh=kc2zAzV6y43fra/KTHiXsoL/YZaacCN/DQArGeSIDNk=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=py5N07/GjTfNYUbtFRHgEAtASa+Hmwc9aomVnSHFKeY+67yftM6PVpGT4JdQezk1f+o+/jPZg58SZx3Fh2eLJ2vY4UlddYtdRz7v0q4rMR/gnzoRp0XVpxfnLRhgbiUn1MwTYo5CSlDoesAebCPW0qjghF3T+LrUJvC9p2120wY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=kv2tXt0VkA6gMumLO/RVwwaKBP1WNthPKt1VNOLb9Sh6qbH4md39kKtAvUHBtQkVEHs5MPqcypn+HFXYO6hmftZjPxMQndun4xvR7Uv7ajoa3kHGgG0nSS/FFH+7/NkAcKMm3gWHOuVMkASb4WeSfK7VEQr2yKmhD+wYqWHRAek=; Message-ID: <722585.17278.qm@web30806.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: oQp0s34VM1lkyixo2BDmBnjTq0liIa5Lu7Bm2mGw31rEzgi jpxwgJoYh7v9HRhJY7fBs2hs_8AskJQ1k2cRiMDykoev_6AZPINkPY2PEoLj h7_5ctcpyj3pZJLpG3qCfg.n4zTEptspqfdebV69rKSRceXeB.IYPbYd3xtV kN.y26z0UE3H0OZKXEDCBFylTj1jii_CRUCXarF66JMDL0Fs54abA7IBkJHP dtUCAbz44quWA55PsuA5qqRxNZy3h5_qbwKIUo8chss0R47dTHBfYOCUH.o7 _AtLjznbgSJXX_TavXVNeCq4DBg.mgd6XlJzns2J4ctxyqEuEI6ZX.R8cqBs 3 Received: from [94.21.228.238] by web30806.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:01:30 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/348.5 YahooMailWebService/0.8.102.267879 References: <3354451880-1661092092@intranet.com.mx> <4BCB383C.5030208@googlemail.com> Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:01:30 -0700 (PDT) From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?D=E1nielisz_L=E1szl=F3?= To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <4BCB383C.5030208@googlemail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Question. Multi Boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:01:32 -0000 Actually you can find now some cheap HDDs so the safest way is to install B= SD/Linux on a second one, but if you can't buy another HDD then backup all = the important date and install BSD with bsd loader on your HDD, after makin= g some free, unformatted space on it.=0A=0A=0A=0A__________________________= ______=0AFrom: "Kruppa, Peter Ulrich" =0ATo: Jorge= Biquez =0ACc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org=0ASent: Sun= , April 18, 2010 6:50:04 PM=0ASubject: Re: Question. Multi Boot=0A=0AAm 18.= 04.2010 18:10, schrieb Jorge Biquez:=0A> Hello all.=0A> I hope this questio= n does not sound so stupid. I have read archives and do gogled searches but= would like , if possible, to hear comments based on experience.=0A> =0A> I= have a machine, pentium D 2.4mhz 2gb RAM, 160DD HD XP Pro. As I mentuioned= in other post I installed FreeBSD 7.3 under a virtual machine using vmware= . It works fine but seems it is too much for the machine since when I am ru= nning it the machine is very slow. I have that FB installation running with= out graphical interface since that's why I need then.=0A> =0A> Now I would = like to have a graphical interface running to learn to use eclipse and cont= inue with my PHP/Mysql development learning. I know that if I continue unde= r VMware the windows machine will be even more slow so I decided that I wou= ld have this machine running with a multi boot schema and choose when to bo= ot under FreeBSd, Windows and later with Linux (looking for a job and in so= me companies asked me to have the basics of any distribution). The most imp= ortant is that I need to be able to continue having that actual windows par= tition without loosing anything or changing anything.=0A> =0A> What do you = think, based on experince, is the safest way to accomplish this?=0ASince Wi= ndows isn't very cooperative with other operating systems, leave it where i= t is, buy a second hard disk and install FreeBSD (and Linux) on it. The Fre= eBSD bootmanager will be able to boot Windows but Windows will not boot any= FreeBSD or Linux.=0A=0AGood Luck=0A=0AUli.=0A=0A=0A> Thanks in advance=0A>= =0A> Jorge Biquez=0A> =0A> _______________________________________________= =0A> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list=0A> http://lists.freebsd.or= g/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions=0A> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "= freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"=0A> =0A=0A______________________= _________________________=0Afreebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list=0Aht= tp://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions=0ATo unsubscribe,= send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"=0A=0A=0A=0A =