Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 11:52:07 +0000 (UTC) From: Shyaka Rene <reneka10@yahoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: can all drivers work after freebsd full installation Message-ID: <1327889447.9288796.1545133927258@mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <ff4c1658-69be-e89d-091d-5208f9b6ee84@FreeBSD.org> References: <134608761.9136166.1545124422525.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <134608761.9136166.1545124422525@mail.yahoo.com> <ff4c1658-69be-e89d-091d-5208f9b6ee84@FreeBSD.org>
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If i boot from live dvd does it use installed windows as intermediate? or i= t will use BIOS directly as onother OS. the computer is 32bit TrueOS work o= n 64bit only. I use network, VGA, finger print, webcam. (I need to change m= y environment from Windows to Freebsd everything). thank you. Le mardi 18 d=C3=A9cembre 2018 =C3=A0 11:58:15 UTC+2, Matthew Seaman <ma= tthew@FreeBSD.org> a =C3=A9crit : =20 =20 On 18/12/2018 09:13, Shyaka Rene via freebsd-questions wrote: > Hello, I have a omputer with windows 7. HP I5 all its drivers on hp > website are made for windows 7. if i install freebsd full > installation (not virtual machine) will all drivers work (network, > VGA, webcam, finger print, ...). thank you. We'd need to know exactly what all of the components were in that=20 machine before we could tell you definitely if they'd all work or not. The best way to find out is to try it.=C2=A0 Download one of the USB memsti= ck=20 images -- probably this one, but there are others on the site for=20 different OS versions: =20 http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ISO-IMAGES/12.0/FreeBSD-12.0-RE= LEASE-amd64-memstick.img Follow the instructions here for writing that to a USB stick: =20 https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall-pre.h= tml =C2=A0 (Section 2.3.1.1 is what you want) Then boot from the USB stick.=C2=A0 When prompted, choose the 'Live Image'= =20 option, which means FreeBSD will be running entirely off the USB stick=20 and won't write over your hard drive.=C2=A0 This should show you what is an= d=20 isn't supported on your hardware. Note: if you're unfamiliar with the Unix command line, you might find=20 TrueOS to be a better choice to start with: =C2=A0 https://www.trueos.org/ This has FreeBSD underneath, but it comes bundled with a windowing=20 system and various productivity apps and is more aimed at desktop users. =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Cheers, =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Matthew _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " =20 From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Dec 18 12:09:28 2018 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA49C134F7B2 for <freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org>; Tue, 18 Dec 2018 12:09:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matthew@FreeBSD.org) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:c4ea:bd49:619b:6cb3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5C1BF69D0B for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Tue, 18 Dec 2018 12:09:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matthew@FreeBSD.org) Received: from leaf.local (unknown [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:6010:3dfe:4391:238e]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5438B109B; Tue, 18 Dec 2018 12:09:26 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=FreeBSD.org Authentication-Results: smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk/5438B109B; dkim=none; dkim-atps=neutral Subject: Re: can all drivers work after freebsd full installation To: Shyaka Rene <reneka10@yahoo.fr>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <134608761.9136166.1545124422525.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <134608761.9136166.1545124422525@mail.yahoo.com> <ff4c1658-69be-e89d-091d-5208f9b6ee84@FreeBSD.org> <1327889447.9288796.1545133927258@mail.yahoo.com> From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> Message-ID: <f9a01609-16a4-aaad-9541-b13496bfcd19@FreeBSD.org> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 12:09:24 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.14; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.3.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1327889447.9288796.1545133927258@mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/>; List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 12:09:29 -0000 On 18/12/2018 11:52, Shyaka Rene wrote: > If i boot from live dvd does it use installed windows as > intermediate? or it will use BIOS directly as onother OS. the > computer is 32bit TrueOS work on 64bit only. I use network, VGA, > finger print, webcam. (I need to change my environment from Windows > to Freebsd everything). thank you. The DVD won't use anything to do with your installed copy of Windows. FreeBSD is a fully capable OS in its own right. You said you have an i5 processor? That should certainly be 64-bit capable. Any mainstream processors Intel has produced in the last ten years or so will be 64-bit capable. Given the choice, use a 64bit OS. Like I said -- try it. The worst that will happen is you'll create some useless installation media that you can't boot from. Network and VGA should work, the webcam could well work but the fingerprint reader might be tricky. Cheers, Matthew
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