Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 23:50:53 -0500 (EST) From: Jeremy Sigmon <jsigmon@www.hsc.wvu.edu> To: SpaceAce <exodus@sentex.ca> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i screwed up Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961202233923.29383A-100000@www.hsc.wvu.edu> In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19961203213842.00684e9c@sentex.ca>
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> Allo,
>
> 1.7 gig harddrive can i run win 95 on half and freebsd on the other?
Yes. You need to either
A shrink your win95 partition with FIPS (at freebsd site)
or with the commercial package Partition Magic (WONDERFUL!!!!)
B fdisk and repartition your HD fron scratch.
Freebsd cannot run off of a dos (FAT) partition so it needs its own.
> if yes could ya tell me how to do this and in the freebsd install it asks
> where i'm installing from (Cd, disks, etc.) which do i choose? i only have
if you have an internet connection (ppp,lan) you can install from there
by selection FTP install and installing over the internet.
otherwise if you have a cdrom and freebsd likes it (some ATAPI (IDE)
cdroms are hated.. :( ) you can buy FreeBSD on CDROM from Walnut Creek.
I think it runs about 20-25 + shipping which is very reasonable compared
to the $90 Win95. Plus the best support I have ever gotten was off the
FreeBSD mailing lists.
It is very nice and comes with a book on how to install and run freebsd.
(I recommend this highly!!!!)
> the boot disk that's on your page...please get back to me...thnx
The best thing I can tell you to do is to download the manual and read it
or read it online. www.freebsd.org.
This is for your sake because I cannot remember all the steps it takes to
install off the top of my head. Remember this. It is much easier after
you do two or three installs. The first one hurts a little.
Also if you have any questions please post then to questions@freebsd.org
and subscribe to one or more of the mailing lists at majordomo@freebsd.org
this is not because I don't like answering mail it is that this is my dead
week and finals start next week so I don't know how much mail reading I
will be doing. :(
Good luck. Hopefully you will need very little
>
> SpaceAce
> >Here is how I install FreeBSD on my computer.
> >#1 boot with a dow/win floppy and ude fdisk to completely clear the
> > drive.
> >#2 create a small dos partition (me 100megs) and set it active in fdisk.
> >#3 format the dos partition and transfer the system to it.
> >#4 copy any useful dos utilities into it.
> >#5 reboot to see if it will boot
> >#6 if bootmanager is still active when you get to the dos prompt type
> > FDISK /MBR and reboot. this should clear the boot manager.
> >#7 if machine boots fine then install freebsd
> >#8 when you select the remainder of your drive in the partition section
> > be sure and mark it bootable and install the boot manager when it asks
> > you.
> >#9 Read the manual at www.freebsd.org. print it out. study it. test
> > wednesday. :)
> >#10 repeat #9 until you find a problem that is not covered in it and then
> > post to questions@freebsd.org.
> >#11 repeat #9 as often as necesary.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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