Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 20:03:31 -0500 From: Malartre <malartre@aei.ca> To: Mark Lotfy <mlotfy@ix.netcom.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question Message-ID: <36561163.53ADEEE5@aei.ca> References: <000001be14de$41a3c660$500923c7@z2v8a4>
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Mark Lotfy wrote: > > I was curious, im new to unix world, working mainly with netware and nt, but > am very interested in learning and using unix, I once heard that you can run > dos and windows apps, in a unix environment... is that true?. I once new > this guy, who was running a unix system, and he switched between unix, > windows and NT... is this somehow possible?? > > Please let me know as what the truth is.. > > Thanks much > > Mark Hi 1) I don't have experience with emulation. 2) I think FreeBSD can run dos applications by dos emulations. For the MS-Windows 95-98 emulation, it's in development and I don't think you should rely on this. 3) Yes you can have more that one OS on the same hard disk and you need to "multi-boot" them. When you will turn on your computer, you will see a small message like: F1: Windows F2: FreeBSD And press F1 or F2.. See http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ226.html#226 http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/multios/multios.html Thank You -- [Malartre][malartre@aei.ca][http://www.lowrent.org/freebsd/malartre/] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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