From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 12 4:44:37 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.email.msn.com (cpimssmtpu08.email.msn.com [207.46.181.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C516715148 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 1999 04:44:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from LaForgery@email.msn.com) Received: from default - 208.254.34.241 by email.msn.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 12 Mar 1999 04:43:48 -0800 Message-ID: <001001be6c85$f9042080$f122fed0@default> From: "Prantik Kundu" To: "Dan O'Connor" , Subject: Re: i need some advice Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 07:43:45 -0500 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG thanks for the help, but i have a couple more questions will my epson stylus color 600 be supported at 1440x720, in other words, is there a driver to do it? and, lastly, will xfree86 support my riva128 if i get bsd 3.1? -----Original Message----- From: Dan O'Connor To: Prantik Kundu ; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Thursday, March 11, 1999 10:09 PM Subject: Re: i need some advice >Prantik Kundu wrote: > > >>i have a parallel zip drive, is there any freebsd driver that can let me >use >>it? > > >Yes, you can use your parallel Zip drive. In FreeBSD 3.1, it runs off the >ppbus as device vpo. You'll have to build a custom kernel to activate it >(building a custom kernel is not hard to do, and desirable as well). > > >>can freebsd read the files on a FAT16 drive? > > >Yes, you can mount msdos filesystems. > > >>the copy i have is 2.2.7 with the 4 cds and the book in a txt file, as a >>newbie, do you think i should bother getting 3.1? > > >I'd recommend getting 3.1 on CD's ($40 from http://www.cdrom.com/ ). You >could install 2.2.7 and then upgrade your sources, but you'll avoid the >painfull a.out-to-elf transition if you start fresh with 3.1. > > >>I have 4 partitions C,D,E,F: D,E, and F are in my extended partition. I >dont >>use my E: partition, so should i delete it under fdisk and then will the >>FreeBSD installer show that E: is unused? > > >Ummm, you have *two* partitions and four *logical drives*. Drive C: is the >Primary DOS Partition, and D:, E:, and F: are on the Extended DOS Partition. > >You could use Partition Magic to free the space taken up by your empty E: >drive and make the Extended DOS Partition smaller. FreeBSD can then use this >free space for its partition (called a *slice* in Unix-speak). > >Note that when you get rid of E:, Windows will start calling drive F: drive >E:, so you'll want to check if this is going to affect any Windows shortcuts >or programs. > >Also, you'll need to install a boot manager so you can boot to Windows or >FreeBSD at will. > >And of course, the standard advice is: Make a backup before you do any of >this! > >See the FreeBSD Handbook section "MS-DOS User's Questions and Answers" >(http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook19.html#21) and the tutorial >"Installing and Using FreeBSD With Other Operating Systems" >(http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/multios/multios.html) for more info. > > >>a friend of mine told me that there is a linux emulator for freeBSD, is it >>on 1 of the 4 cds on the 2.2.7 package? > >If I remember correctly, you can turn-on Linux emulation from within the >installation program (sysinstall). > > > >>im sick of nt, it crashes demands a hoard of RAM ( i have 64) and doesnt >>work with half the stuff out there, and its too complicated for primitivity >>please, help me out > >Well, if you're sick of NT now, wait 'till you get used to FreeBSD! :-) > >Good luck, > > >--Dan > >** The thing I like most about Windows 98 is... >** You can download FreeBSD with it! > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message