Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:58:51 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Mehul Ved <mehul.n.ved@gmail.com> Cc: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Harold Hartley <wheelie207@gwi.net> Subject: Re: installing freebsd on windows Message-ID: <20090325145850.GA27272@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <c1e7523f0903250752y51932d68pe2967cb4102d6fcb@mail.gmail.com> References: <49C98507.6040905@gwi.net> <20090325141451.GA27116@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <c1e7523f0903250752y51932d68pe2967cb4102d6fcb@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 08:22:31PM +0530, Mehul Ved wrote: > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 7:44 PM, Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> wrote: > > I don't know what Ubuntu does. > > What ubuntu does is > 1) Install ubuntu as a windows program > 2) Run the ubuntu installer as any other win32 installer > 3) Ubuntu is installed on a clean NTFS partition > 4) Use windows bootloader > So, you install and uninstall ubuntu from within windows. But, to > switch between windows and ubuntu you have to reboot. > This is what I have gathered from other people. I haven't used it > myself. Probably the wubi[1] page would have more information on this. > > 1. http://wubi-installer.org/faq.php#internals Thanks for the explanation. I would rather have FreeBSD installed on a good UFS2 slice than an NTFS partition. I would much rather have it cleanly separate from MS-Win - not even booting it. I don't want my FreeBSD system dragged down by MS baggage. ////jerry > > -- > > Twenty Percent of Zero is Better than Nothing. -- Walt Kelly
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