From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 9 14: 5:15 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35C1E153F6 for ; Wed, 9 Jun 1999 14:05:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA15318; Wed, 9 Jun 1999 14:05:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 14:05:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Heff001@aol.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation - Already have Win 98 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 6 Jun 1999 Heff001@aol.com wrote: > OK I have purchased Walnut Creek's FreeBSD Lite 3.1 (on CD-ROM) for my PC. > > I have a: > > AMD-K6(tm) 3D Processor > 64.0MB RAM > GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE46 - 6.4 GIG Primary Master C: > GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE46 - 8.4 GIG Primary Slave D: > BCD 40XH CD-ROM > > I am running Windows 98 4.10.1998 > > Question1: I plan to install FreeBSD on drive D: giving it 200MB of space. Is > this enough? No. I suggest 500MB. > Question2: When I install FreeBSD, do I need something like System Commander > to get to either OS? Win 98 is on drive C: and I don't want it disturbed. > Can I continue to boot Win 98 as usual and select an option (from DOS) to > boot FreeBSD when I need it (only)? FreeBSD ships with a bootloader, so System Commander is not needed. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message