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Date:      Tue, 08 Jun 1999 00:08:54 -0400
From:      James Kalmadge <kalmadg@banet.net>
To:        Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com>
Cc:        "'Heff001@aol.com'" <Heff001@aol.com>, "FreeBSD Mailing List (E-mail)" <questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: Installation - Already have Win 98
Message-ID:  <375C9755.28668A30@banet.net>
References:  <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105961@site2s1>

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Christopher Michaels wrote:

> 1. Yes 2 GB more than enough, of course you could fill that very quickly if
> you start installing different packages.

2GB Yes. 200 MB  - - uh-uh!
With all that disk space why be stingy?
James

>
> 2. FreeBSD comes with a boot manager, it will allow you to choose which
> drive you'd like to boot from, and will default to the last drive that you
> chose.  Keep in mind, that the boot manager does need to be installed to the
> C: drive to work, since that is the drive that the system initially boots
> from.  This will not effect windows.
>
> (despite the above assurance, you should ALWAYS backup all valuable
> information before installing a new operating system.)
>
> -Chris
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Heff001@aol.com [SMTP:Heff001@aol.com]
> > Sent: Sunday, June 06, 1999 12:53 PM
> > To:   freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> > Subject:      Installation - Already have Win 98
> >
> > OK I have purchased Walnut Creek's FreeBSD Lite 3.1 (on CD-ROM) for my PC.
> >
> >
> > I have a:
> >
> > AMD-K6(tm) 3D Processor
> > 64.0MB RAM
> > GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE46 - 6.4 GIG Primary Master C:
> > GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE46 - 8.4 GIG Primary Slave D:
> > BCD 40XH CD-ROM
> >
> > I am running Windows 98    4.10.1998
> >
> > Question1: I plan to install FreeBSD on drive D: giving it 200MB of space.
> > Is
> > this enough?
> > Question2: When I install FreeBSD, do I need something like System
> > Commander
> > to get to either OS? Win 98 is on drive C: and I don't want it disturbed.
> > Can I continue to boot Win 98 as usual and select an option (from DOS) to
> > boot FreeBSD when I need it (only)?
> >
> >
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