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Date:      Tue, 17 Feb 1998 12:08:32 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Martin Steinbach <martin.steinbach@telecom.at>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD on a DOS partition?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980217120804.12338F-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <34E984F4.8EF49880@telecom.at>

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On Tue, 17 Feb 1998, Martin Steinbach wrote:

> Dear Ladies and Gentlemen!
> 
> Could you please tell me, if it is possible to install FreeBSD on an
> existing MS-DOS (win95) system... I mean, can I install it on an
> FAT16/FAT32 file system, like with some dist. of Linux?

No.  FreeBSD requires it's own slice.

> I cannot make a new partition for FreeBSD, but want to use a unix
> compatible system (and I must confess, I don't like linux).

Buy Partition Magic or a new disk.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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