From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 26 19:48:11 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org 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 18F1D16A407 for ; Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:48:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from albi@scii.nl) Received: from post-23.mail.nl.demon.net (post-23.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.193]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97A2B43D7E for ; Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:48:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from albi@scii.nl) Received: from aseed.demon.nl ([83.160.138.119]:22549 helo=http.aseed.net) by post-23.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1GSIuA-0003Xk-Lm; Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:47:46 +0000 Received: from amandla (217-19-30-147.dsl.cambrium.nl [217.19.30.147]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by http.aseed.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7CC55829D; Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:47:58 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:47:42 +0200 From: albi To: "Edward and Nancy Powers" Message-Id: <20060926214742.d4350b1b.albi@scii.nl> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.4 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:48:11 -0000 On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:28:47 -0400 "Edward and Nancy Powers" wrote: > > I am new to UNIX, and would like to download FreeBSD to familiarize > myself with UNIX commands and the UNIX environment. I would like > something fairly easy to install and maintain. I do not want to > replace Windows, but would like to switch between Windows and > FreeBSD. > > Is it possible to do this with FreeBSD? imho fastest and easiest is to use a live-cd e.g. : http://www.freesbie.org/ -- grtjs, albi