From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 19 09:24:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA26964 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 09:24:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA26932 for ; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 09:24:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA22312; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 11:10:51 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199803191710.LAA22312@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: Q: FAT file systems, Java, and GNUStep To: dgason@att.com (Ason, David G, NCIO) Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 11:10:51 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "Ason, David G, NCIO" at "Mar 19, 98 09:19:00 am" X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In a previous message, Ason, David G, NCIO said: > > Howdy! > > After hearing rumors about FreeBSD for sometime, I finally came across > your website. It looks like you folks really have a great product! I am > looking forward to messing around with it! > > I do have some questions about FreeBSD however: > 1) If I have a machine running Win95, can FreeBSD use the existing FAT > filesystem or will I have to repartition the hard disk? you need to repartition. The fips program (available on the CD or ftp site) usually does a good job, if you have the space. > 2)Is there a Java Development kit 1.1 or better for FreeBSD? If not how > about the Java VM? 1.1.5 is available. And it works well. > 3)Will GNUStep and the NeXT desktop clone run on FreeBSD? Yes. > > Thanks in advance, > Dave Ason > AT&T Labs > dgason@att.com > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- HOW CAN YOU TELL IF TWO ADULTS EATING DINNER AT A RESTAURANT ARE IN LOVE? "Romantic adults usually are all dressed up, so if they are just wearing jeans it might mean they used to go out or they just broke up." --Sarah, age 9 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message