Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 14:49:29 -0400 From: "Christopher T. Jewett" <ctjewett@zdnetonebox.com> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Re: Thanks to all -- A couple of suggestions Message-ID: <20010806184930.IKOU9852.mta11.onebox.com@onebox.com>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --1BoxPartBoundary99712377014189997123770 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Just thought I'd give you my two cents worth... I installed FreeBSD on a Dell Laptop with Windows '98 already on it. The process is rather simple actually. In spite of the intimidatingdisclaimers, FIPS is quite stable, and I've resized several hard diskpartitions without incident. I suppose they're taking a preemptive shotagainst litigation in the event that things don't work quite right. Anyway, you should be able to install on the existing hard drive after 1) performing a complete backup and 2) defragging the hard drive. This moves everything to the start ofthe partition, allowing you to chop off the end without truncating anydata in the process. Once you have the hard drive partitioned the installationis fairly straightforward. Enjoy! Mark Van Tuyl >---- DAlSault@aol.com wrote: >> I want to thank everyone for answering my questions and responding >> so >> quickly. I've gone carefully through the install procedures usingthe >> >> kern.flp and mfsroot.flp disks and it is clear that Windows 98 takes >> the >> entire disk. It left a mere 2 Meg for the install! ha. It was difficult >> to >> determine because instead of showing disk space in Mb, it showed it >> in "ST" >> and I had to cycle through the different units to get info I could >> interpret >> easily. I looked at the FIPS program info after I downloaded it, but >> it looks >> like a nightmare, full of places to go wrong and destroy my comp.All >> in all, >> i've decided the best thing to do would be to buy a new disk and install >> >> directly to it, leaving my windows disk completely alone. Thanks again. >> David ___________________________________________________________________ To get your own FREE ZDNet Onebox - FREE voicemail, email, and fax, all in one place - sign up today at http://www.zdnetonebox.com --1BoxPartBoundary99712377014189997123770 Content-type: message/rfc822; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment Content-Description: email message Return-Path: <oldcpgmr@netscape.net> Received: from imo-d03.mx.aol.com ([205.188.157.35]) by mta05.onebox.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.21 201-229-121-121-20010307) with ESMTP id <20010806182122.RAKT10107.mta05.onebox.com@imo-d03.mx.aol.com> for <ctjewett@zdnetonebox.com>; Mon, 6 Aug 2001 11:21:22 -0700 Received: from oldcpgmr@netscape.net by imo-d03.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v31.9.) id 3.52.983f64 (16245) for <ctjewett@zdnetonebox.com>; Mon, 6 Aug 2001 14:21:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from netscape.com (mow-m01.webmail.aol.com [64.12.184.129]) by air-in03.mail.aol.com (v79.27) with ESMTP id MAILININ39-0806142116; Mon, 06 Aug 2001 14:21:16 -0400 Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 14:21:16 -0400 From: oldcpgmr@netscape.net To: "Christopher T. Jewett" <ctjewett@zdnetonebox.com> Subject: RE: Re: Thanks to all -- A couple of suggestions Message-ID: <7C8CFB64.17DA4B7E.00A40C08@netscape.net> X-Mailer: Atlas Mailer 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Just thought I'd give you my two cents worth... I installed FreeBSD on a Dell Laptop with Windows '98 already on it. The process is rather simple actually. In spite of the intimidating disclaimers, FIPS is quite stable, and I've resized several hard disk partitions without incident. I suppose they're taking a preemptive shot against litigation in the event that things don't work quite right. Anyway, you should be able to install on the existing hard drive after 1) performing a complete backup and 2) defragging the hard drive. This moves everything to the start of the partition, allowing you to chop off the end without truncating any data in the process. Once you have the hard drive partitioned the installation is fairly straightforward. Enjoy! Mark Van Tuyl >---- DAlSault@aol.com wrote: >> I want to thank everyone for answering my questions and responding >> so >> quickly. I've gone carefully through the install procedures using the >> >> kern.flp and mfsroot.flp disks and it is clear that Windows 98 takes >> the >> entire disk. It left a mere 2 Meg for the install! ha. It was difficult >> to >> determine because instead of showing disk space in Mb, it showed it >> in "ST" >> and I had to cycle through the different units to get info I could >> interpret >> easily. I looked at the FIPS program info after I downloaded it, but >> it looks >> like a nightmare, full of places to go wrong and destroy my comp. All >> in all, >> i've decided the best thing to do would be to buy a new disk and install >> >> directly to it, leaving my windows disk completely alone. Thanks again. >> David >> > >___________________________________________________________________ >To get your own FREE ZDNet Onebox - FREE voicemail, email, and fax, >all in one place - sign up today at http://www.zdnetonebox.com > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ --1BoxPartBoundary99712377014189997123770-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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