Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 15:31:53 -0500 (EST) From: Joe Oliveiro <joe@advancewebhosting.com> To: xavian anderson macpherson <professional3d@home.com> Cc: Steve <vandena@ispchannel.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installing freebsd from windows nt without using boot disks Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012011530410.529-100000@joe.pythonvideo.com> In-Reply-To: <001401c05bc8$0c20d900$40461418@salem1.or.home.com>
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If it took you 6 Days to install FreeBSD and have it running with XFree86 then clearly you did not have a clue as to what you were doing. Maybe you should try rtfm once in a while. I never read them myself at the begining which is why things too me a lil longer than they do now. FreeBSD - The BEST upgrade you can do to NT! On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, xavian anderson macpherson wrote: > it didn't take six days to install NT. I INSTALLED IT IN ONE HOUR, after > spending six days trying to get freebsd to run. freebsd was running after > my first attempt. i am no idiot. i tried to install xfree86 version 4.0 > after having first installed version 3.3.6 or whatever it was that was the > base package. after trying to do that, i nolonger had use of the > x-terminal. i tried to remove the version 4.0, but i got nowhere with that. > i didn't want to erase everything that i had installed, just to start all > over again. i had downloaded over 8 GB's of software from the web. i did > not want to go through that all over again. > > i got freebsd on SEPTEMBER 30. i got WINDOWS NT on OCTOBER 5. after > removing the linux boot sector on the disk i wanted to use, it took me less > than one hour to format and install NT. i have been running it ever since. > I DON'T WANT TWO SEPARATE OPERATING SYSTEMS, I WANT ONE WHICH WILL GIVE ME > UNIVERSAL COVERAGE OF BOTH WINDOWS AND UNIX. THAT IS WHAT I BELIEVE > MICROSOFT IS INTENDING TO DO WITH INTERIX, WHEN THEY PUT IT INTO THE > SERVICES FOR UNIX PACKAGE. THERE WILL BE ONLY ONE! LONG LIVE THE > HIGHLANDER `GATES'. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve" <vandena@ispchannel.com> > To: "xavian anderson macpherson" <professional3d@home.com> > Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 5:15 AM > Subject: Re: installing freebsd from windows nt without using boot disks > > > > > > > > On Nov 30, xavian anderson macpherson enlightened us with the following: > > > > > i purchased freebsd about two months ago. i have not yet... > > <big snip> > > You don't mention if you read the 800-page handbook... > > > > > > i was forced to use the ftp server as my source of installation; > > <big snip> > > Why would you want to run an OS on another OS? Also, why would FreeBSD > > want to provide "REAL SOLUTIONS for NT"? I've installed and ran NT at > > work for the past eight years and have only used FBSD for about 8 > > months. Give me a FBSD machine over winblows any day. (And this coming > > from an MCSE+I) > > > > > > NT has something that the standard UFS does not have. it has an > integrated > > <big snip> > > Have you looked at Exceed by Hummingbird Communications? And you > > obviously did not read the info on Windows NT Services for Unix. And I > > quote: > > "The Microsoft Windows NT Services for UNIX Add-On Pack provides access to > > core interoperability components in an integrated, fully supported > > package. Benefits include lower deployment costs, improved support for > > mixed environments, and the most complete integration with current and > > future Windows NT-based technologies and initiatives." Bottom line...it's > > a SERVICE that runs on NT to connect to a Unix machine. > > > > > > quite frankly, if i find the means to compile XFREE86-4.0 and gnome for > NT, > > <big snip> > > XFree and Gnome running on NT? <gasp!!!> What unix component run under > > windoze? I haven't seen any yet that provide the same functionality as on > > a FreeBSD machine. > > > > > <small snip> > > >to use freebsd. i installed NT (six days) after becoming thoughroughly > > >frustated with freebsd. i need to have a completely functional > > >heterogenious operating environment. one which runs windows nt and > freebsd > > >on the same computer (preferably with only one filesystem; NTFS > > >COMPRESSED). > > I'm curious...how did it take you SIX DAYS to install NT? If it takes > > that long to install something that an monkey can be trained to do, why > > were you trying to install an OPERATING SYSTEM that requires one to know > > the specifics of their system on top of another operating system that will > > do a mindless install of it's own? > > > > Each OS has it's own particular strengths and weaknesses. But as I become > > more and more familiar with FreeBSD, Windows is quickly taking a back > > seat. If you have questions, ask them. There are people here who are > > very good at providing solutions. But not when you rant and rave. > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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