From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 25 15:32:37 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20E9C106568D for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:32:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michael.copeland@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.31]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5CF18FC0C for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:32:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michael.copeland@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 5so79414ywh.13 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:32:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=R/9Kpk0OyRMlozwUkfTtGEvzvjMaAAfQAXhsWHfL+3w=; b=s0g2OyVvNPzSmcWEE48ofzXGV+v0E+H3zqOAVaK1TyE+XTHfY08Tiyafd6CoEjOTvw 4uhGtraGMUs25P4G6QbpQJuLdJj5yw5AVziSohrUVMyCJ1rmg+/PZYGB3TAEB/ecCeIn RV+obZbWjSh3lHV+PH/FZCa0VhRElfiEVASI4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=UOim0RzpttsiF/jvCEpYcDYl4QtEmkwHNafOyGqE4tKslVTR6Pz4aw7pgS+SfCicj0 o3BTVocS5gg3fIVf236H2M5XSmi98PGPgbIsbSLk1Ji6zXqioxI8X6Z1D73eM8WILttG mPzBOG7nOoic4noiKdY+JxrWdf5SnLyrwjN2w= Received: by 10.100.138.10 with SMTP id l10mr4656754and.51.1237995155553; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:32:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?10.10.10.2? (adsl-074-245-053-043.sip.jax.bellsouth.net [74.245.53.43]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b32sm5564786ana.35.2009.03.25.08.32.34 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:32:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49CA4E92.7010308@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:32:34 -0400 From: michael User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jerry McAllister References: <49C98507.6040905@gwi.net> <20090325141451.GA27116@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20090325141451.GA27116@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions@freebsd.org, wheelie207@gwi.net 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 15:32:39 -0000 Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 09:12:39PM -0400, Harold Hartley wrote: > > >> I am wondering if the freebsd team has ever thought of making freebsd to >> install on windows like ubuntu does. >> > > I don't know what Ubuntu does. But, you can install FreeBSD on a machine > that also runs MS-Win. The traditional way is to 'dual-boot' the machine. > But, you can also install some virtual machine software and run both > under that. its worth noting that you can install freebsd to the same HD as windows under vmware on windows. its not very complicated. also worth noting is that the proper version of XP will run under vmware/native with only a hardware profile. effectively you can run windows from freebsd, and vice versa. and yes, the vmware version 3 on freebsd. > You can also install wine and run MS-Win stuff on FreeBSD. > There are some limits to that I think, but people do it. > I run a dual (or triple) boot. It is documented in the handbook > and works just fine. > > > >> I'm just a person that can't afford more than one computer cause I live >> in a nursing home and I would like to be able to use one computer to >> choose what I want to boot into, such as windows or unbuntu and maybe a >> freebsd choice. >> >> I don't always want to boot into windows, except for the 3 apps I have >> to use windows for. >> > > Basically, that is what I do. Mostly I boot FreeBSD and use it for > my desktop. But, sometimes I need to use Photoshop which I have on > the MS-Win side and printing labels seems to work better with Word > than Openoffice, so I boot MS-Win for those. > > ////jerry > > > >> I do boot into ubuntu 90% of the time and enjoy it so much, but I have >> read about freebsd and researched it fully and I wish I could be able to >> run freebsd as with all the apps freebsd has to offer. I would love to >> be able to install freebsd under windows so I could choose freebsd to >> boot into when I want. >> >> I hope to hear from freebsd about my request, and by the way, I'm not a >> linux expert so I don't know everything about linux, but I'm always >> learning. >> >> Thanks >> Harold Hartley >> 158 Russell Street >> Lewiston, Maine 04240 >> wheelie207@gwi.net >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >