Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 09:37:18 PST From: Larry Watkins <lwatkins@midtown.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Question about configuration Message-ID: <199602151737.JAA11051@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Hello --
I'd like to enter Unixland -- I'm a beginner. I have a
question about what I can do to run FreeBSD.
I have a Pentium 90, SCSI 1GB HD, SCSI CD-ROM, 16MB RAM,
tape backup, multimedia machine. It's dual boot, partitioned
350 DOS FAT and 650 OS/2 HPFS.
I've thought of taking it in to a dealer and asking to have
the hard drive reformatted to 300 FAT, 300 HPFS, and 400 for
Unix but that's a lot of work and expense getting everything
back in running condition. I've thought a better solution
might be to add another hard drive for Unix and installing
FreeBSD on it. Then I expect I'd be able to boot up as Unix
from a floppy, or as DOS or OS/2 as I have in the past by
booting from C:.
Would this work or is there a better solution? What would be
your recommended size of new hard drive? Will the hardware I
currently have, other than the disk drive, work? What more
should I know before pursuing this further? Is this a good
idea?
You can send your replies to lwatkins@midtown.net. Thanks a
lot.
Larry - Sacramento
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