From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 23 13: 0:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.alpha.net.au (mail2.alpha.net.au [203.41.44.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0118037B9ED for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2000 13:00:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dannyh@idx.com.au) Received: from freebsd.freebsd.org (surry-pool-219.alpha.net.au [203.41.44.219] (may be forged)) by mail.alpha.net.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id HAA05276; Thu, 24 Feb 2000 07:59:04 +1100 From: Danny To: John Reynolds~ , jdoe Subject: Re: two operating systems Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 07:57:43 +1100 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.21] Content-Type: text/plain Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <14516.1135.694917.429219@hip186.ch.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00022507595901.00331@freebsd.freebsd.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello - FreeBSD's Boot Manager "booteasy" allows Windows 98 / NT to work synonmously together - But before you start playing with FreeBSD you should "always" backup important things on Windows 98. Looking forward to your feedback. Danny dannyh@idx.com.au On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, John Reynolds~ wrote: > [ On Wednesday, February 23, jdoe wrote: ] > > I'm interested in learning unix, but i want to keep windows 98 as my > > main OS. Is that possible if i download your version of unix, and how > > might i go about doing it > > jester @gwu.edu > > > > Yes, quite easy. I dual boot with win98 on my machine now. Be sure to > go to > > http://www.freebsd.org/ > > and read the FAQ and Handbook entries from TOP to BOTTOM before > starting. Learn a little bit about FreeBSD before diving in. As far as > downloading FreeBSD, you can certainly just download the floppies from > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/3.4-RELEASE/floppies > > and can do a network install. However, I suggest getting yourself a copy of > the CDs--it makes installation a lot quicker and all the ports/packages of > add-on software are there without having to be downloaded. > > Also, BE SURE to have very recent backups of your win98 data. In my > experience, you will have to create a least 2 partitions on your HDD. One for > win98 (the primary partition on the 1st drive) and the other for FreeBSD. > > -Jr > > -- > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > | John Reynolds WCCG, CCE, Higher Levels of Abstraction | > | Intel Corporation MS: CH6-210 Phone: 480-554-9092 pgr: 602-868-6512 | > | jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com http://www-aec.ch.intel.com/~jreynold/ | > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message