From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 5 05:22:54 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA15495 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 05:22:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-11.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA15489 for ; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 05:22:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.10 #2) id 108lDX-0005pI-00; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 13:22:44 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from beavis.uk.radan.com (beavis [193.114.228.122]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id NAA02872; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 13:21:59 GMT Received: from uk.radan.com (gppsun4) by beavis.uk.radan.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA07630; Fri, 5 Feb 99 13:21:57 GMT Message-Id: <36BAF055.3376D720@uk.radan.com> Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 13:21:25 +0000 From: Mark Ovens Organization: Radan Computational Ltd X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.3_U1 sun4m) X-Accept-Language: en-GB Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Patrick Anthofer Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Windows NT and Free BSD References: <36BAEBB2.3BB7371E@teleweb.at> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Patrick Anthofer wrote: > > Hello. > > I have looked at your site quite thouroughly, but I didn't find > information on running FREE BSD on a Windows NT Server machine. > I might have overseen information on that; if so I'm sorry for > bothering you. > > I have an Intel Pentium 133 / 32MB Ram and 2 HD with 2 partitions each. > One Harddrive has got the NTFS and the other one has got FAT. > I was wondering what would happen if I installed FREE BSD on one of the > FAT Partitions. Would a MULTI OS BOOT Manager be created or something > like that? FreeBSD needs it's own partition. You can use Partition Magic to create some free space on your disk, or use "fips", available from the FreeBSD Website. FreeBSD does come with a Boot Manager, but if you're running NT it is better (IMHO) to add FreeBSD to the NT boot menu, see the FAQ for details > > The other information I would like to receive is the SIZE of the > "2.2.8-RELEASE" Folder on your FTP SERVER. Is that the only Folder > I need to download completely to run the basic operating system? > You need ~60MB disk space for a minimum binary only (no X-windows or source) system. Go to http://www.freebsd.org and follow the links (near the bottom of the page) for installing HTH > Thanks a lot for your patience.. I hope to hear from you soon. > > Patrick Anthofer > --------------- > VIENNA, Austria > pata@teleweb.at > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message