From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 4 14:57:31 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE35816A4DD for ; Mon, 4 Sep 2006 14:57:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dick@nagual.nl) Received: from nagual.nl (cc20684-a.assen1.dr.home.nl [82.74.7.108]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4772543D45 for ; Mon, 4 Sep 2006 14:57:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dick@nagual.nl) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 1000) by nagual.nl with local; Mon, 04 Sep 2006 16:57:29 +0200 id 0003980C.44FC3ED9.00001BFB Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 16:57:29 +0200 To: freebsd-questions Message-ID: <20060904145729.GA7110@lothlorien.nagual.nl> References: <20060903223518.f92a2112.dick@nagual.nl> <20060904050337.D1556@www.pukruppa.net> <5FC874DF-8811-4012-81A0-4B9F22BF399B@shire.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5FC874DF-8811-4012-81A0-4B9F22BF399B@shire.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i From: dick hoogendijk Subject: Re: solaris 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: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 14:57:32 -0000 On 03 Sep Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > I am not sure about installing Solaris into an existing partition. I remember one of the FBSD's (a RC, but still) destroying my partition table. That's the reason I ask. I know that I don't have to use the main option (that's for the whole disk). But if there are no problems know of with the sol installer, than I'm a little less worried. I have no space to backup my XP and FBSD disk parts (at the moment). > I am not trying to get into a mud- slinging match -- both are good. Not my intention either.. (!) > a lot of things you normally do will be frustrating at first until you > learn that he command flags are different on Solaris than on FreeBSD. And that's my point. That's why I asked about good books or reading points, and that's also the challence I'm looking for. FreeBSD runs great. No fun anymore ;-) I have replaced linux once and never want to go back. But finding out the dark spots and in-and-outs of a different OS has it's .. o well, you know what I mean. -- dick -- http://nagual.nl/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 6.1 +++ The Power to Serve