From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 9 03:52:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA05764 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 9 Dec 1998 03:52:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from techpower.net (techpower.net [205.133.231.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA05758 for ; Wed, 9 Dec 1998 03:52:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hometeam@techpower.net) Received: from localhost (hometeam@localhost) by techpower.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id GAA00317; Wed, 9 Dec 1998 06:52:31 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from hometeam@techpower.net) Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 06:52:31 -0500 (EST) From: Jt To: ZorkLord cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail In-Reply-To: <3454.971210@xtreme.net.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Yes just dual boot with windows on first partition & bsd on the second, goto www.freebsd.org and look under FAQ plenty of infor there on the subject. hometeam@techpower.net --We cannot all be masters, nor all masters Cannot be truly follow'd-- -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- Version: 2.6.2 owEBqwBU/4kAlQMFADRCxNWhsddKSTR+6QEBelED/jzeC3btZfqSdIfrNoCgwUJJ iNQ33UQoMyJ2ygkfl72xP5J79yml/F4P73GnNaDVbaMOmOG2NNAi5ElE73wRh54U 17kH+n5XnYeqekV8T2TG2Q6ex3UotXPyZ1vvrCrSxapOz6a4hh0GQeA55rcwLy2W ROHwxfvaVsrX5iVOkRoerBFiC21lc3NhZ2UudHh0AAAAAA== =jCvF -----END PGP MESSAGE----- On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, ZorkLord wrote: > FreeBSD Inc. > > Hey, I'm sick of Winblows from Microspastic, and FreeBSD looks > like the best alternative, I just have a few questions before > I go ahead with it. My situation is that I have a 4.3Gig HDD > split into two 2.15Gig partitions, the second partition has > nothing on it as yet but is formatted to FAT16, the first > partition is also FAT16 and has Windows 98 installed, I need > to leave Windows on there for the rest of the family. My > first question is, if I install FreeBSD on the second > partition of my hard drive, there will be alot of space let > over, can I still access/use this spare space with Windows/DOS > or will I be only able to access this patition with FreeBSD? > Also, can I run any UNIX/Linux application on FreeBSD? What > is X Windows? If I hate Windows will I hate X Windows?? Is > there anywhere to download FreeBSD in a zip file or something > like that, it just seems a pain in the ass to have to d/l all > those files seperatly and in all the different directories, > how big is it in total anyway? Any answers would be most > appreciated as I cant go ahead with the installation without > the answers... > > > Yours Faithfully > > Stephen Swincer > -zL zorklord@xtreme.net.au > > > > 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