From owner-freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Sat Jan 16 07:57:37 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9326A834D3 for ; Sat, 16 Jan 2016 07:57:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anders@jensenwaud.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8BEE1C55 for ; Sat, 16 Jan 2016 07:57:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anders@jensenwaud.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id C839AA834D0; Sat, 16 Jan 2016 07:57:36 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: doc@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7D39A834CF for ; Sat, 16 Jan 2016 07:57:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anders@jensenwaud.com) Received: from mail-ig0-x235.google.com (mail-ig0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c05::235]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 91BB31C51 for ; Sat, 16 Jan 2016 07:57:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anders@jensenwaud.com) Received: by mail-ig0-x235.google.com with SMTP id z14so27608277igp.0 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 2016 23:57:36 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=jensenwaud-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=J6+QcWZfxKYMYPDljr/x8h8h/Or+5IKClZvfqO0EMIw=; b=tYVTqAoDYfDfdrW+ax8gBIzp/FAnc2a7CSXEZhehmcmeJTi+RUn4fjQ4ZoBh+ItGSK 9hS9K9Vq8T90RvP5t4WNpmZZ6LcaL4yWMfeJj0OreukWPWVk9zxvQye22QnG/oqm1m8T jhkaiYYp8H0g3iZU1lypU/+3Ct9+FZdLWJkt9geOSW8FaogA+fEACJidsJiSQYqRhRgs gWxssNp9d4XlIpA/pG5K5LIhRvW+uYvOh9ZxRQQ32VOLrQ/8nVtRVS/dNA1uR9sHQU5S sZuQezc5zgVDqpmVbidt81wcz5OazHICK/IVIN9Es1j0pV0m2l7jMaJWJ28hCGoDRWP5 gkhA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=J6+QcWZfxKYMYPDljr/x8h8h/Or+5IKClZvfqO0EMIw=; b=UlR68BMRvpDfmAoh4l5VooZ14Gl3kT1S9qq87hCxGnriVq4N/kOPYhqt9SHzvhgBq1 GsM95c71aMo2EwaQoAHX27HNIt8v9XzrK6kGTZpFFnSx3NFlSMVTmQ7S6CGtp1PRc1TI haAOCUXytHZew/O54ttvdfwwMqvHdkZw4QvAMlc4A+/EEYsDULEJy7Sp9PDHIZmbpA5j ogClDUda0go/gt+OHByENEfdHt+Ir6TN+jzT9kqQanYBkMPL762H9T2Q6ZeY0marOZbc 7Mx741CTOOrggFCUkWUHsbDI+eGsu4UwDpqLfdsOFdA+dNdh2Gd7zw28vBD+INtA8XLH 2M5Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YOQZGtq0nHLltFXS5Hi2GYcXr6M5XvVwjOGbY2jSiSslaciBQUVlxyetch5O79VCZyNk3mnZdITBfjN0IA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.8.42 with SMTP id o10mr2341325iga.59.1452931055968; Fri, 15 Jan 2016 23:57:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.107.134.226 with HTTP; Fri, 15 Jan 2016 23:57:35 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [220.244.182.21] In-Reply-To: <33018666.1010913.1452316374119.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> References: <33018666.1010913.1452316374119.JavaMail.yahoo.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <33018666.1010913.1452316374119.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 18:57:35 +1100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Install Unix on a laptop with Windows OS From: Anders Jensen-Waud To: Eleonora Marchioretti Cc: "doc@FreeBSD.org" , "questions@FreeBSD.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 07:57:37 -0000 On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 4:12 PM, Eleonora Marchioretti via freebsd-doc < freebsd-doc@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hi > I would like to know if it is possible to install UNIX (not Linux) on a > laptop that has already a Windows OS and if you have instructions to do > it.Thank you in advance. > Best regardsEleonora > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > If you don't want to replace Windows (that is, do dual boot), an option is to first repartition the disk using Gparted or similar from a usb based Linux distribution such as Knoppix. Install Knoppix onto a USB drive, boot from it and start Gparted to resize your Windows partition and make space for the FreeBSD partition. Remember to back up your data before doing this. (See http://gparted.org/faq.php#faq-7) Once done, start the FreeBSD install as usual, installing to the free space on your drive. You will need to install the FreeBSD boot loader to the MBR in order to do multi-boot. Cheers Anders