From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 19 03:38:55 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56F0C16A403 for ; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 03:38:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ulrich@pukruppa.net) Received: from pukruppa.net (pukruppa.net [213.146.114.24]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B24743D4C for ; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 03:38:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ulrich@pukruppa.net) Received: from pukruppa.net (pukruppa.net [213.146.114.24]) by pukruppa.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k8J3f8jm083588; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 05:41:08 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ulrich@pukruppa.net) Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 05:41:08 +0200 (CEST) From: "P.U.Kruppa" To: Edward and Nancy Powers In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20060919053500.X52164@pukruppa.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New to FreeBSD/UNIX X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 03:38:55 -0000 On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Edward and Nancy Powers wrote: > > I am new to UNIX, and want to download a basic UNIX system, just to > run commands and become familiar with the system. I wish to use this > system as a companion piece to a UNIX tutorial which I have on DVD. I > do not want to replace Windows at this time. > > My PC has: Pentium III Processor at 1GHz, 128MB RAM at 133 MHz, > Windows ME operating system. > > What course of action do you recommend that I take? > > Thanks. Another idea: First try a live CD (Freesbie), as recommended above, to get used to everything (won't do any harm). Then get a second hard drive and install freebsd on this (should be cheaper than buying Partition Magic). You can "dual boot" both systems then and leave your XP installation as is. Regards, Uli. > > > Ed Powers > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > ----------------------- Peter Ulrich Kruppa Wuppertal Germany -----------------------