Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 09:39:24 -0800 From: "Jeremiah Gowdy" <jeremiah@sherline.com> To: "Terry Lambert" <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: "Bean" <bean@freebsd.org>, <freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Review of the FreeBSD advocacy site Message-ID: <001b01c1d1c8$8203b530$a700a8c0@cptnhosedonkey> References: <B8BF5FE8.CACA%bean@freebsd.org> <001001c1d105$3473a3c0$a700a8c0@cptnhosedonkey> <3C9A66D5.432DDF14@mindspring.com> <000901c1d148$e2f45b40$a700a8c0@cptnhosedonkey> <3C9ACB9F.861D2999@mindspring.com>
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> For the "test drive", all you would need to do is unpack into > an FS mountable from FreeBSD, and deal with it. It won't work > with Windows XP, because FreeBSD can't write NTFS properly, > but it can work with MSDOS-FS, using an installer written to > run under Windows (grabbing a level 3 then level 0 volume lock > would even let you install a boot manager from Windows). Not a bad idea at all Terry. Perhaps we could have a preconfigured MFS image that could be downloaded, then either use the bootfbsd.exe or add a boot sector image to the boot.ini, depending on if they're running Windows 9x/ME or Windows NT/2K/XP. If you could give them psuedo-multibooting with an MFS image, that would be nice. The problem is, can you load an MFS image off an NTFS or FAT partition. I know people could just download the CD or floppy disks, but you and I both know people would be more likely to use some InstallShield like setup.exe, that made them a multi-boot setup. It would be very easy to uninstall too. There's some potential there, no doubt. Good idea. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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