From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 25 15:03:07 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35A5D106568C for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:03:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96D3A8FC2F for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:03:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id n2PEwp5Y027310; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:58:51 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id n2PEwpdL027309; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:58:51 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:58:51 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister To: Mehul Ved Message-ID: <20090325145850.GA27272@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <49C98507.6040905@gwi.net> <20090325141451.GA27116@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: Jerry McAllister , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Harold Hartley Subject: Re: installing freebsd on windows 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: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:03:09 -0000 On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 08:22:31PM +0530, Mehul Ved wrote: > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 7:44 PM, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > I don't know what Ubuntu does. > > What ubuntu does is > 1) Install ubuntu as a windows program > 2) Run the ubuntu installer as any other win32 installer > 3) Ubuntu is installed on a clean NTFS partition > 4) Use windows bootloader > So, you install and uninstall ubuntu from within windows. But, to > switch between windows and ubuntu you have to reboot. > This is what I have gathered from other people. I haven't used it > myself. Probably the wubi[1] page would have more information on this. > > 1. http://wubi-installer.org/faq.php#internals Thanks for the explanation. I would rather have FreeBSD installed on a good UFS2 slice than an NTFS partition. I would much rather have it cleanly separate from MS-Win - not even booting it. I don't want my FreeBSD system dragged down by MS baggage. ////jerry > > -- > > Twenty Percent of Zero is Better than Nothing. -- Walt Kelly