From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 16 9:59: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from scaup.prod.itd.earthlink.net (scaup.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.121.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A286437B424 for ; Sat, 16 Sep 2000 09:58:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from computer (ip38.rochester5.ny.pub-ip.psi.net [38.26.83.38]) by scaup.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3-EL_1_3/8.9.3) with SMTP id JAA10772 for ; Sat, 16 Sep 2000 09:58:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <000001c01fff$64d55d00$0c21fea9@computer> From: "Dave Lindberg" To: Subject: FreeBSD compatability.... Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 12:58:26 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0005_01C01FDD.CD9FA880" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C01FDD.CD9FA880 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello All, My name is Dave Lindberg and I just bought a new AMD Anthlon machine... = Compaq 7AP140. Configured as: 800 Mhz AMD Anthlon, 128 MG, Mediamatic = DVD drive, CDRW drive ?, 16 Mg nVidia TNT2 graphics card, 128 bit Sound = Blaster audio card, Micromodem 56K modem, NIC card ?.... Do you know if = I can run FreeBSD on my system? I really don't know if I can run it on = an AMD processor, people tell me I can only use an Intel chipset? Is = there any truth to this? I've been out of the X window scene for a while and would like to jump = back in. =20 I'm trying to make a dual boot system and was wondering... can I do this = with Win 98 and FreeBSD. Could I load FreeBSD into a partition on my = Win 98 hard drive or would I need a new HD to load the system? Is there = a way to open a window in FreeBSD and to run a Win 98 application witin = it? If I'm asking too many questions.... please direct me to the appropriate = web pages. Thank you for your time! FreeBSD friend, Dave Lindberg :-) ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C01FDD.CD9FA880 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hello All,

My name is Dave Lindberg and I just = bought a new=20 AMD Anthlon machine... Compaq 7AP140. Configured as: 800 Mhz AMD = Anthlon,=20 128 MG, Mediamatic DVD drive, CDRW drive ?, 16 Mg nVidia TNT2 graphics = card, 128=20 bit Sound Blaster audio card, Micromodem 56K modem, NIC card ?.... = Do you=20 know if I can run FreeBSD on my system? I really don't know if I = can run=20 it on an AMD processor, people tell me I can only use an Intel = chipset? Is=20 there any truth to this?

I've been out of the X window scene for = a while and=20 would like to jump back in.

I'm trying to make a dual boot system = and was=20 wondering... can I do this with Win 98 and FreeBSD. Could I load = FreeBSD=20 into a partition on my Win 98 hard drive or would I need a new HD to = load the=20 system? Is there a way to open a window in FreeBSD and to run a = Win 98=20 application witin it?

If I'm asking too many questions.... = please direct=20 me to the appropriate web pages.

Thank you for your time!

FreeBSD friend,

Dave Lindberg :-)

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