From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 29 12:48:14 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B754EB4 for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:48:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from mail-lb0-f180.google.com (mail-lb0-f180.google.com [209.85.217.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A769F118 for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:48:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lb0-f180.google.com with SMTP id t11so288999lbi.25 for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 05:48:12 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=MRHaHCVZwPR0TAFjd81HwzVKjznIbBVI7NrFQp8QSzU=; b=H78PnSdHFoLBZiyLON2jpOZXUPzSlS/StHPNnRd4BLE/00yzwKrI8s3pbVblcuWl8e 7RphY/01qb6jI83YRS59H7OKCYdYLTpuauoF7C0ZKm94fWdjO4J9NvPdHEhXY81Qtly4 BVEWLO+kO44rgYD/DwEpmgIJLOLmhpk2i1YnmCl5TXlY6IYHszRqIe7YxUe/VOaD7SY7 PBBzZ9gRCtGgd7Goli0Re7I8YtJbeHAFbxDuxDVL5NDwUyg2tCPN7VAvhSvHi6dg1g+i dv3ZDBvJ+ILJZhMFln3180fttNikNSrLL9xcqW6DELhDi4Pja6uU1Fi1QfV5PgDXP0GO uJeA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.30.104 with SMTP id r8mr1355818lbh.82.1364561291657; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 05:48:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.112.8.40 with HTTP; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 05:48:11 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [93.221.170.63] In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:48:11 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: From: "C. P. Ghost" To: Jeff Belyea X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkUjSHR7r3F2u+JEdQOtAabrGJN1wufaax3gMQh7KXFsQmzMlv1haoVUuLtcYQwcT9M0WVK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:48:14 -0000 On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 11:03 PM, Jeff Belyea wrote: > I have a new computer with windows 8, which I hate with a passion. I don't > play music and I don't do a lot of pictures. Basically I only search, some > EBay and games. Can I replace win8 with BSD? > Of course you can. I suggest that you 0. make a full backup of your win8 drive... just in case you want to go back. You may also want to extract the win8 product key and write it down: * http://superuser.com/questions/495794/how-can-i-find-the-product-key-that-was-used-to-activate-windows-8 * http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/30363-Windows-8-Product-Key-Viewer 1. fetch a memstick image e.g. from here: ftp://ftp2.us.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ISO-IMAGES/9.1/FreeBSD-9.1-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img and write it with your favorite application on a USB flash drive. 2. switch your computer firmware from UEFI to CSM (compatibility support module), a.k.a. old BIOS mode, so you can boot external media. 3. boot from the USB flash drive, and experiment with FreeBSD. 4. install to disk (eventually after resizing and repartitioning the win8 part if you want to keep that). Good luck! -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/