From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 7 21:16:51 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from out4.ibm.net (out4.ibm.net [165.87.194.239]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 679E214EF8 for ; Mon, 7 Jun 1999 21:16:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kalmadg@banet.net) Received: from banet.net (slip166-72-232-251.ny.us.ibm.net [166.72.232.251]) by out4.ibm.net (8.8.5/8.6.9) with ESMTP id EAA128506; Tue, 8 Jun 1999 04:16:01 GMT Message-ID: <375C9755.28668A30@banet.net> Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 00:08:54 -0400 From: James Kalmadge X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Christopher Michaels Cc: "'Heff001@aol.com'" , "FreeBSD Mailing List (E-mail)" Subject: Re: Installation - Already have Win 98 References: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105961@site2s1> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Christopher Michaels wrote: > 1. Yes 2 GB more than enough, of course you could fill that very quickly if > you start installing different packages. 2GB Yes. 200 MB - - uh-uh! With all that disk space why be stingy? James > > 2. FreeBSD comes with a boot manager, it will allow you to choose which > drive you'd like to boot from, and will default to the last drive that you > chose. Keep in mind, that the boot manager does need to be installed to the > C: drive to work, since that is the drive that the system initially boots > from. This will not effect windows. > > (despite the above assurance, you should ALWAYS backup all valuable > information before installing a new operating system.) > > -Chris > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Heff001@aol.com [SMTP:Heff001@aol.com] > > Sent: Sunday, June 06, 1999 12:53 PM > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Installation - Already have Win 98 > > > > OK I have purchased Walnut Creek's FreeBSD Lite 3.1 (on CD-ROM) for my PC. > > > > > > I have a: > > > > AMD-K6(tm) 3D Processor > > 64.0MB RAM > > GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE46 - 6.4 GIG Primary Master C: > > GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE46 - 8.4 GIG Primary Slave D: > > BCD 40XH CD-ROM > > > > I am running Windows 98 4.10.1998 > > > > Question1: I plan to install FreeBSD on drive D: giving it 200MB of space. > > Is > > this enough? > > Question2: When I install FreeBSD, do I need something like System > > Commander > > to get to either OS? Win 98 is on drive C: and I don't want it disturbed. > > Can I continue to boot Win 98 as usual and select an option (from DOS) to > > boot FreeBSD when I need it (only)? > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message