From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 24 9:42:32 2002 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 5A05F37B401 for ; Thu, 24 Oct 2002 09:42:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp-send.myrealbox.com (smtp-send.myrealbox.com [192.108.102.143]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A913C43E6E for ; Thu, 24 Oct 2002 09:42:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jud@myrealbox.com) Received: from jud [12.33.164.6] by myrealbox.com with NetMail ModWeb Module; Thu, 24 Oct 2002 12:42:02 -0400 Subject: Re: Install FreeBSD on a Windows XP box From: "Jud" To: syborg@stny.rr.com Cc: zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 12:42:02 -0400 X-Mailer: NetMail ModWeb Module X-Sender: jud MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <1035477722.a6831b60jud@myrealbox.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -----Original Message----- From: John Bleichert To: Zhihui Zhang Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 12:23:04 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Install FreeBSD on a Windows XP box On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Zhihui Zhang wrote: > Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 12:13:12 -0400 (EDT) > From: Zhihui Zhang > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Install FreeBSD on a Windows XP box >=20 >=20 > I have a machine preinstalled with Windows XP and I do not want to remove > it or reinstall it. Is there a way to install FreeBSD on the free space? = I > do not have Partition Magic. Any free software out there that can > repartition without reinstallation? Thanks. >=20 > -Zhihui >=20 Repartitioning is always at least *slightly* dangerous, so in any event=20 back up your data. The safest/easiest way to do what you want is to get=20 another hard drive, if you have the $$. JB PS: I'm sure Staples in Vestal has some cheap HDDs :) # John Bleichert=20 # http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg ********************************************* ********************************************* If it will take you less than 30 days to do this ;), BootItNG from http://www.terabyteunlimited.com will do what you want quickly and easily. It is very well-documented. The 30-day reference is because BootItNG is shareware with a 30-day free trial. If you decide to purchase, it is $29, about half the cost of Partition Magic. In my experience with PM 4-5 and BootItNG, BootItNG is much easier to use and works better. Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message