From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Jan 9 12:17:41 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA18CA67859 for ; Sat, 9 Jan 2016 12:17:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller6724@bellsouth.net) Received: from nm22-vm2.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com (nm22-vm2.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com [216.39.63.50]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B19061014 for ; Sat, 9 Jan 2016 12:17:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller6724@bellsouth.net) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bellsouth.net; s=s2048; t=1452341643; bh=8NHDYLViLv6WT3/H5ZGpffj+GAJ7gjhOxpPbVfvbpVw=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:From:Subject; b=kvNMaEcCxNuPWvT5u7EEVY/E5OBsvJc3Zvd1ns4XhOrCV0Yl0a7fAaQahJfhxUUtGFQRUxYyLXpiUV7QOsqpBVIuamhgu5RVdELGwZ46PT5NtLaYUvdsAYulHK8JfgN9Fcw0Gk55ce2i5d7wski5n4DFJe8SGXVGDdiksevOZ3JJoKq1gnrUgw8gBqC9//SfXHJ4sq6PraUMd3N4ZjqyORFgQVQNXoxevAE4iRnJhD0fqk2Sy10vztpj+V9kg5ovCpwS+dpcr+0yu9FAx/310Sb7S2R4M14eUpUEEppF6HXupS/2IRraprXQKzHZII/jjtOcV1nt65fBDNKiK7IplQ== Received: from [216.39.60.169] by nm22.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 09 Jan 2016 12:14:03 -0000 Received: from [98.138.226.242] by tm5.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 09 Jan 2016 12:14:03 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp113.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 09 Jan 2016 12:14:03 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 33350.12056.bm@smtp113.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Message-ID: <33350.12056.bm@smtp113.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: DeEdkD0VM1mV6VYbIMAdPPDG5g_eXOfjsLiXBM8.CHC.RcH SLkIDgPb64v_7CzRoZ3W9sujDRpk.k2PP3dfAh1DxLGCSwREIF.MVTJRXwF_ 7i2LKwcMmuaBJkpgC8WiKgEV.KLa4JQk4Hxf_2lwckT8qKwlsg8jqjDi5th. 366GXtJoDHjmU2jn1wHkP9GqdfrzNtauGMrT0apnjSP3_02WbRH6KdWXBeC8 77Qg9inzlRsjuhHiTNtgMzdNFuF5DJPRUOTqS1d4GJmJmOZ1ESznB3f28dv2 xJoXryltYWBnVl4OZ88AbkV2Nj5mqnJer.n2l4b0Ebn4rfOMmNHIElhls7Gr CiZJ0NrViMR8DX5JQIxoLN9BqPusYGAaI4OVN7KTXmSqcgz3.1EQenw6ZgfC q2RCfXXXLP07hN4eeXFTGPAjuBeCzA2rtQBrWHwfIoZfsqhzm3J.OQF28KMo 8pQ9spfm676dWewqW_.Fjz_DZDZDou.EUF5H_fY0zmvyIfO8ORtREtOMjbdt 5OEdE07_GA7F_6qzsvtcfNu4FNDTpM.6jJ5dWgKWDC5t5VhDR9_jX4kQ- X-Yahoo-SMTP: Kz_aW1.swBBYof3zAD7.RWzXz9ZAQVDMml1VADsbgPT4Kq79LC0- Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2016 12:12:53 +0000 From: "Thomas Mueller" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install Unix on a laptop with Windows OS References: <33018666.1010913.1452316374119.JavaMail.yahoo.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <33018666.1010913.1452316374119.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <20160109122254.32c91434@fujitsu> X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2016 12:17:41 -0000 from Eax Melanhovich: > Still according to my experience this is a bad idea. Last time I tried > something like this Windows was corrupting boot loader from time to > time so it was impossible to boot anything except Windows. > I would recommend to use one OS you are using most often and run > second under VirtualBox. Or using two separate computers one for each > OS if possible. This way you will escape a lot of possible problems. > On Sat, 9 Jan 2016 05:12:54 +0000 (UTC) > Eleonora Marchioretti via freebsd-questions > wrote: > > Hi > > I would like to know if it is possible to install UNIX (not Linux) on > > a laptop that has already a Windows OS and if you have instructions > > to do it.Thank you in advance. Best regardsEleonora Another possibility, if laptop has an eSATA port, is to install FreeBSD on an eSATA hard drive, or SATA hard drive in a hard-drive enclosure that has eSATA. Only current brand of eSATA hard drive that I know is Micronet Fantom (www.micronet.com). It may be necessary to install GRUB2 to a USB stick and boot from that; from there it should be able to boot anything on an eSATA hard drive. On my computer, eSATA looks just like SATA to my motherboard/BIOS/UEFI, and FreeBSD and NetBSD work more dependably on eSATA than USB 3.0; I don't know if NetBSD even works on USB 3.0. Tom