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Date:      Tue, 7 Nov 2006 12:55:28 -0500
From:      "Bob Schwartz" <bob@bschwartz.com>
To:        "'Vince'" <jhary@unsane.co.uk>
Cc:        FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org, 'Bill Moran' <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
Subject:   RE: Questions on first-time installation
Message-ID:  <000501c70295$e92cabb0$0500a8c0@c1>
In-Reply-To: <4550BC8B.90403@unsane.co.uk>

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Hmmm. OK. Thank you. 


Bob Schwartz
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vince [mailto:jhary@unsane.co.uk] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 12:04 PM
To: Bob Schwartz
Cc: 'Bill Moran'; FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Questions on first-time installation

Bob Schwartz wrote:
>  
> 
>>> That's a safe bet, from the standpoint of the Windows installations, 
>>> but
> it can cause grief if you try to plug everything back in.  I've had 
> problems with the BIOS moving drives around, then FreeBSD can't figure 
> out which drive it should be mounting off.  I'm not saying it's a bad 
> idea, all I'm saying is that it might not produce a long-term usable 
> installation.<<
> 
> That was my intuitive sense too, hence, my question.
> 
A possible approach would be, download and run Freesbie (runs from CD) and
get happy with what Freebsd names your various disks before you see about
installing. once you are happy then think about doing a hard disk install.

> Thanks for confirming it.
> 
> Bob Schwartz
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