Date: Sun, 28 Dec 1997 10:24:43 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Wayne Hoy <wk@unixg.ubc.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Two simple questions Message-ID: <19971228102443.47854@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19971227122149.0091f4e0@mail.unixg.ubc.ca>; from Wayne Hoy on Sat, Dec 27, 1997 at 12:21:49PM -0800 References: <3.0.1.32.19971227122149.0091f4e0@mail.unixg.ubc.ca>
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On Sat, Dec 27, 1997 at 12:21:49PM -0800, Wayne Hoy wrote: > Hi there... I'm a prospective FreeBSD "customer", and I have two pretty > simple questions. > > 1) To install FreeBSD on a machine already running Win95, is all I need an > empty partition on the hard drive? Yes, that's all you need. There may be some BIOS dependencies, however: the BIOS needs to be able to read the disk. Older BIOSes had a 508 MB limit, which was circumvented in the Microsoft software after booting. > Does it matter if I've made it into an extended logical drive? It > is E: right now, and empty. Yes, it does. Unfortunately, an extended drive isn't a partition. If you mean you have one extended drive in the partition, then yes, you can delete the drive (you'll have to do that anyway), and replace it with a FreeBSD partition. > 2) I have an Asus motherboard with an AGP bus graphics card (ATI > Xpert@work). Am I FreeBSD-capable? I did not notice any documentation on > video cards in the online docs, and there is no mention of AGP busses either. Sorry, I don't know the answer to this question. I suppose it answers the question about older BIOSes, though. FreeBSD doesn't have its own graphics system. It uses the XFree86 server (comes with the distribution) or the Xi graphics server (comes after you pay $125). Your best bet would be to check out the corresponding web sites (http://www.XFree86.org/ or http://www.xig.com/) I'd guess that it not currently supported, and it won't take long before it isn't. Greg
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