From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 4 23:32:35 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA25254 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 4 Sep 1996 23:32:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts11-line12.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.127]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA25246 for ; Wed, 4 Sep 1996 23:32:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id XAA00680; Wed, 4 Sep 1996 23:32:45 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 23:32:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Master of Zoul cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Windows & FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <322E3BCD.793F@alpha.pulsar.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 4 Sep 1996, Master of Zoul wrote: > I run a 486 and a Pentium Pro > > the 486 has win 3.11 and the P Pro has Win NT Workstation 4.0 > > If I install FreeBSD, will it not allow me to run my Win OS, or can I > run both. You can share the disk with NT and FreeBSD. The only real questions are if you have enough unallocated diskspace and/or if you have any space below the 1024 cylinder boot limit. > Can I run FreeBSD through a Win NT Shell, I plan to create a server > system out of the P Pro and network the 486 to the P Pro, allowing me to > utilize both systems as a server. Is any of this possible. No. I have a feeling you'll want to dump NT after you see what FreeBSD is capable of performancewise versus your NT server. :-) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major