From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Jan 16 16:33:35 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 75F4EA8392D for ; Sat, 16 Jan 2016 16:33:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6428E1D21 for ; Sat, 16 Jan 2016 16:33:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 60107A8392B; Sat, 16 Jan 2016 16:33:35 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: 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 5E5C5A83927; Sat, 16 Jan 2016 16:33:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from cosmo.uchicago.edu (cosmo.uchicago.edu [128.135.70.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A5CB1D1F; Sat, 16 Jan 2016 16:33:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: by cosmo.uchicago.edu (Postfix, from userid 48) id 522BFCB8C99; Sat, 16 Jan 2016 10:03:42 -0600 (CST) Received: from 69.209.234.99 (SquirrelMail authenticated user valeri) by cosmo.uchicago.edu with HTTP; Sat, 16 Jan 2016 10:03:42 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <50251.69.209.234.99.1452960222.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: References: <33018666.1010913.1452316374119.JavaMail.yahoo.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <33018666.1010913.1452316374119.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 10:03:42 -0600 (CST) Subject: Re: Install Unix on a laptop with Windows OS From: "Valeri Galtsev" To: "Anders Jensen-Waud" Cc: "Eleonora Marchioretti" , "questions@FreeBSD.org" , "doc@FreeBSD.org" Reply-To: galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.8-5.el5.centos.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal 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, 16 Jan 2016 16:33:35 -0000 On Sat, January 16, 2016 1:57 am, Anders Jensen-Waud wrote: > On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 4:12 PM, Eleonora Marchioretti via freebsd-doc < > freebsd-doc@freebsd.org> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > If you don't want to replace Windows (that is, do dual boot), an option > is > to first repartition the disk using Gparted or similar from a usb based > Linux distribution such as Knoppix. Install Knoppix onto a USB drive, boot > from it and start Gparted to resize your Windows partition and make space > for the FreeBSD partition. Remember to back up your data before doing > this. > > (See http://gparted.org/faq.php#faq-7) Alternatively, you can make free space using Windows Disk management tool: shrink Windows main partition. The rest: as Andreas describes. Valeri > > Once done, start the FreeBSD install as usual, installing to the free > space > on your drive. You will need to install the FreeBSD boot loader to the MBR > in order to do multi-boot. > > Cheers > > Anders > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++