Natalie Behm said: > Having gone over and over and over and over the > handbook and installation guides, I have determined > that the installation of FreeBSD just does NOT work > for me. Perhaps it is because I'm not a programmer, > perhaps it's because I'm a complete moron (as I'm sure > anyone reading this will make a comment on), but it > simply does not work for me, does not match my needs, > etc. > > What I'm needing to know, though, is whether I can > simply stick my Windows 98 disk in and it will > complete remove and replace FreeBSD, or is there > something else needed to complete the task of removing > this completely user-UNfriendly operating system and > replacing it with something that we commonplace morons > can use? > Too bad FreeBSD didn't work for you. You might want to play with OS X for a gentler introduction to Unix. Simply buy a Macintosh, plug it in, and you're running Unix. I've been using it on an iMac for a year and quite enjoy it.
I'm not entirely sure if Windows 98 setup will remove non-DOS partitions automatically. To Windows, that's how the FreeBSD portion of the disk will look. You may have to execute fdisk.exe from a DOS command line and follow the menu to re-partition your harddrive. I do know that the Windows 2000 and XP install CD's show your drive partitioning and you have the choice of deleting non-DOS partitions. I'd recommend going with 2000 or XP before 98. Windows 98 is still just 16-bit DOS with a GUI and it is really showing it's age (over 5 years old). -- Regards, Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
