From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 17 07:17:52 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE27316A4CE for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 07:17:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccrmhc13.comcast.net (sccrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.202.64]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C08543D54 for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 07:17:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tbonius@comcast.net) Received: from ostros (c-24-18-102-54.client.comcast.net[24.18.102.54]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc13) with SMTP id <20050317071751016007mr6be>; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 07:17:51 +0000 Message-ID: <004101c52ac1$7a5a9a60$4300a8c0@home.lan> From: "Thomas Foster" To: "CARRIE WUERFEL" , References: <000201c52ab8$8bfeae40$6500a8c0@hsd1.wa.comcast.net> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 23:18:09 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Subject: Re: Question about install. (two hard drives, install freebsd on second) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 07:17:53 -0000 You can install FreeBSD indepedently on its own drive while another OS coexists on a previous drive in your system. You would most likely want to use an alternate bootloader installed on the mater boot record of the first drive.. such as GAG or Grub.. but the FreeBSD bootloader works just as well.. If you decide later to remove the second drive with the FreeBSD installaion on it, you can simply replace the original Microsoft bootloader by running an fdisk on the master boot record Also, a 2 gig drive is going to be very limiting in what you can install and run on your system.. but.. good luck to you and happy BSD'ing T ----- Original Message ----- From: "CARRIE WUERFEL" To: Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 10:14 PM Subject: Question about install. (two hard drives, install freebsd on second) I am currently stuck running Windows Me on a Dell Desktop Pentium 3 1ghrtz with 512mb ram. I recently dusted off a old hard drive that contains a whole 2 gigs of hard drive space. I have installed the hard disk drive and am wanting to install "FreeBsd" on it. Before I go about mucking things up, I just wanted to make sure that when I go to install FreeBsd it will not mess up the existing hard drive. I have business and payroll progs on it. I am also wondering if when installing there is an actual question asked by the installation prog for destination. Sorry to be asking a stupid question, and I swear I read through your installation info until my eyes dried out and couldn't find the answers, so that is why I am bothering you. I did try to find the answer first. Anyways any help would be cool as I would really like to start relearning another operating system. Andy _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"