Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 19:22:51 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: steve and carol <stephen.jarvis5@virgin.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bsd and slackware Message-ID: <34038F7B.61133CF4@whistle.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970826181025.4178B-100000@localhost>
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Doug White wrote: > > On Tue, 26 Aug 1997, steve and carol wrote: > > > hello there > > I currently have a version slackware(in text form only) on my pc > > In order to use it I use something called the umsdos filesystem which > > allows me to have linux on an unaltered dos partition.Can you have free > > bsd on a normal dos partition or wouls I have to format the disk to > > create a bsd specific file system and structure > > You'll have to repartition your disk, FreeBSD requires it's own slice. > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo this is not quite true.... you could do the following: boot the boot floppy choose the 'fixit' option mount the dos partition. ..
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