Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 22:24:18 +0000 (GMT) From: "P. U. (Uli) Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de> To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/index.html Message-ID: <20011208215414.U29324-100000@big> In-Reply-To: <007b01c18030$9a29c9e0$0100007f@san.rr.com>
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On Sat, 8 Dec 2001, Peter Leftwich wrote: > RE: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/index.html > > My computer is a home built Athlon 600, 512mb RAM, and > here's the kicker: I have a Maxtor 40gb HD (94098U8) > with just ONE partition (38.1gb) running Windows 98 OEM > (4.10.1998). > Can someone inform me of the best option to defrag this > drive, scandisk-thorough it, and install FreeBSD? Defragging and scandisking alone won't help you. You will have to shrink the size of your dos-partition to create space for a FreeBSD-slice. Last time I did that, there was a tool called fips on the FreeBSD CD (probably in a directory called tools). The best source of information about all that is www.freebsd.org/handbook . There is only one last good advice: Do backup all your impotant files (that means those you have worked on yourself). > Also, once installed, is there a way to upgrade to 4.4 > (Sept 2001) via FTP or some sort of net-upgrade > software? Yes. This is the one and biggest advantage of FreeBSD: Once you have got things running you, can update everything via internet - daily if you like and completely free. The net-upgrade software is called cvsup (you do not have to pay it either). > Thanks, help, I'll pay (PayPal) you even, :-) You will have to pay us buy answering newbie's questions. Regards, Uli. ************************************ * P. U. Kruppa - Wuppertal * * Germany * * www.pukruppa.de www.2000d.de * ************************************ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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