From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Jan 17 15:41:18 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EEF7A865C9 for ; Sun, 17 Jan 2016 15:41:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from g8kbvdave@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x234.google.com (mail-wm0-x234.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::234]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B0BC11136 for ; Sun, 17 Jan 2016 15:41:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from g8kbvdave@googlemail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x234.google.com with SMTP id u188so76234641wmu.1 for ; Sun, 17 Jan 2016 07:41:17 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=sKhdTDiFpVshbB6YN2umpqGFWfzSX9BkBJMG/+8UeXI=; b=j4Mhb0HSGFHzAg5rNmpgLWdopqC+ksfrdfgrTtm0gGJ2/EVcwFt4hmBjKGa0WDzwiq zYUzH55lzO/IQDWPz+uYVUJVSQdEseKmTclmrSCsNGOB4cGjTEzZheRnGLRJLSnZOzm0 tI7yJqPAUq8EBFfhXybSIIt/6TCRxsd5VctOo+qs1xb8Uwn2wRgDGLrn1X7SCtNz/8qq fJQfF7aB6HzffsMTSGl70OA2JYqIevxCjFSFEMtkTerJCJxrrV5TpAqLIb8+qgy+PqPg 0oFAaxC9666fuiV6q65MRZr2DRhQhiOezvGSTfr0Y/B+3EAestWCy/6LbBPn0Bqrh0Bt TbYQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=sKhdTDiFpVshbB6YN2umpqGFWfzSX9BkBJMG/+8UeXI=; b=hP+i7x3wluqpXdmjp9hWkTLrFzfzZxxjUr/1h2kl5/kq/ArasrfiCrtbox1ROMj4G2 zMbsJfEhU8iT1K3m5d76/Phb43ysZHXR1dD8YpTsKOCY9dq9vL+lH28KaprbRzwLh/Oe 6qsXx2nGRfrnnSh3f2s0ECRaDBvvshn0iUjVBPM34WDWmZzV1SyhvaJiv9+A1Xuhrb5v KghS9+/vdF+fBdtIV7QHEmzhy5XvSmDsGkLvT2GzfIOSAKikVbJnNWuWh611ru6zOJ28 Vaw1N0ihhYheBEad1Ip9x1BncNgPO8m+zYsdcnWNSY0mRnxRhLtnaDrHKB4nYYfWtQ5N 5OHA== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YORobE+HuSkntYrNpNS5qPM4Dfk7fxV2cJKVr7Q8N+s0NwtThie82g6wqwi/XLFCsA== X-Received: by 10.194.179.106 with SMTP id df10mr7948871wjc.173.1453045275783; Sun, 17 Jan 2016 07:41:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.101] ([212.225.125.94]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id t199sm11662143wmt.23.2016.01.17.07.41.14 for (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 17 Jan 2016 07:41:15 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 606, Issue 7 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: From: Dave B Message-ID: <569BB61A.6070009@googlemail.com> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 15:41:14 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 15:41:18 -0000 On 17/01/16 12:00, freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org wrote: > On Sat, January 16, 2016 1:57 am, Anders Jensen-Waud wrote: >> >On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 4:12 PM, Eleonora Marchioretti via freebsd-doc < >> >freebsd-doc@freebsd.org> wrote: >> > >>> >>Hi >>> >>I would like to know if it is possible to install UNIX (not Linux) on a >>> >>laptop that has already a Windows OS and if you have instructions to do >>> >>it.Thank you in advance. >>> >>Best regardsEleonora >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>> >>freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list >>> >>https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc >>> >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to"freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >> >> > >> >If you don't want to replace Windows (that is, do dual boot), an option >> >is >> >to first repartition the disk using Gparted or similar from a usb based >> >Linux distribution such as Knoppix. Install Knoppix onto a USB drive, boot >> >from it and start Gparted to resize your Windows partition and make space >> >for the FreeBSD partition. Remember to back up your data before doing >> >this. >> > >> >(Seehttp://gparted.org/faq.php#faq-7) > Alternatively, you can make free space using Windows Disk management tool: > shrink Windows main partition. The rest: as Andreas describes. > > Valeri > >> > >> >Once done, start the FreeBSD install as usual, installing to the free >> >space >> >on your drive. You will need to install the FreeBSD boot loader to the MBR >> >in order to do multi-boot. >> > >> >Cheers >> > >> >Anders >> >_______________________________________________ >> >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> >https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > Hi. Windows will not let you shrink the partition it's booted and running from! But using a live boot 'nix CD or USB stick and Gparted does the trick nicely. TAKE CARE however, NOT to alter the location of the Windows partition, or it is likely to become un-bootable. Also, do not remove/alter any OEM system backup partition that may already exist, for the same reason. (Don't ask how I found THAT out!) You should also check the machine BIOS settings, and turn off any UEFI boot security etc. And backup any important data from the Windows system first, "Just in case!"... Then, it should be relatively trivial to install whatever flavor of 'nix you want as a dual boot option. You may be able to re-enable any BIOS UEFI settings, once you've got it all stable again. This machine I'm using now, has Mint 17 (default) and Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit (as an option) and works very well, in either mode. No reason AFIK you can't do that with FreeBSD as your 'nix choice. Regards. Dave B.