From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 12 05:55:14 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B9991065673 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 05:55:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@larseighner.com) Received: from mail.team1internet.com (mail.team1internet.com [216.110.13.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 374C08FC1D for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 05:55:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from larseighner.com (unknown [71.20.75.102]) by mail.team1internet.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 8B3B516B4A6; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:55:07 -0500 (CDT) Received: by larseighner.com (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1001 lars@larseighner.com; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:53:32 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:53:31 -0500 (CDT) From: Lars Eighner X-X-Sender: lars@noos.larseighnerhome.com To: Arlen McIntyre In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" Subject: Re: note 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, 12 Jun 2012 05:55:14 -0000 On Mon, 11 Jun 2012, Arlen McIntyre wrote: > I have a ASUS laptop that came with Windows 7. I finally > ended up with XP on one partition and Ubuntu on the other. > ASUS only supports the Windows 7 OS with this particular > architect. I want to keep XP on one partition and put FreeBSD > on the other partition ( I already have created). The problem is that > the files I see for installation are ISO files for booting. > I don't have audio in XP but it worked in Ubuntu. I was told by > an authorized ASUS dealer that I would not find any support from them > because of switching from the pre-installed Windows 7. I cannot update the > drivers in the BIOS > to tell my laptop to boot from DVD/CD. Really? What happens when you press F2 and keep it down during boot? > How can I get FreeBSD on > my other partition and have a dual OS system without the boot installation? > > I cannot afford to buy FreeBSD. FreeBSD is not for sale. It is free. Some services will sell releases on CD or DVD, generally at very affordable prices which are well worth it compared to downloading by dial-up. But what those services are selling is the media and the service of copying FreeBSD to the media and getting the media into your hands. You can download and/or install FreeBSD for free. -- Lars Eighner http://www.larseighner.com/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266