From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 25 14:19:05 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50E3F1065670 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:19:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6CE48FC1A for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:19:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id n2PEEpAO027152; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:14:51 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id n2PEEpki027151; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:14:51 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:14:51 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister To: Harold Hartley Message-ID: <20090325141451.GA27116@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <49C98507.6040905@gwi.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49C98507.6040905@gwi.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installing freebsd on windows 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: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:19:05 -0000 On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 09:12:39PM -0400, Harold Hartley wrote: > I am wondering if the freebsd team has ever thought of making freebsd to > install on windows like ubuntu does. I don't know what Ubuntu does. But, you can install FreeBSD on a machine that also runs MS-Win. The traditional way is to 'dual-boot' the machine. But, you can also install some virtual machine software and run both under that. You can also install wine and run MS-Win stuff on FreeBSD. There are some limits to that I think, but people do it. I run a dual (or triple) boot. It is documented in the handbook and works just fine. > I'm just a person that can't afford more than one computer cause I live > in a nursing home and I would like to be able to use one computer to > choose what I want to boot into, such as windows or unbuntu and maybe a > freebsd choice. > > I don't always want to boot into windows, except for the 3 apps I have > to use windows for. Basically, that is what I do. Mostly I boot FreeBSD and use it for my desktop. But, sometimes I need to use Photoshop which I have on the MS-Win side and printing labels seems to work better with Word than Openoffice, so I boot MS-Win for those. ////jerry > > I do boot into ubuntu 90% of the time and enjoy it so much, but I have > read about freebsd and researched it fully and I wish I could be able to > run freebsd as with all the apps freebsd has to offer. I would love to > be able to install freebsd under windows so I could choose freebsd to > boot into when I want. > > I hope to hear from freebsd about my request, and by the way, I'm not a > linux expert so I don't know everything about linux, but I'm always > learning. > > Thanks > Harold Hartley > 158 Russell Street > Lewiston, Maine 04240 > wheelie207@gwi.net > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"