On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:06:57 +0000, Ganesh Khedkar wrote: > Hi all, > I am new to FreeBSD , just wanted to give one suggestion that , Ubuntu > linux have given one > Nice facility to user that they can easily install Ubuntu in windows and any > drive we want . > Even we can assign size to that drive . So cant we provide this facility > to our user . > So that people can experience freeBSD.
Currently you cannot install FreeBSD from withing "Windows", if this is what you mean. FreeBSD is an operating system that needs to be booted _on_ the machine it should be installed to, as the installer requires that OS - just the same way you cannot simply "try" a "Windows" by installing it into, let's say... Solaris. :-) Hint 1: You need to install FreeBSD in order to use it. This is done by booting FreeBSD. However, you can "install" (i. e. use) a system image for a virtualisation software, e. g. for VMWare or VirtualPC. You can use the default installation approaches (from CD or DVD, from USB drive), or you can download a "turnkey" solution that provides a preinstalled and preconfigured system that you can run within "Windows" (using the VM solution). An example is VirtualBSD: http://www.virtualbsd.info/ Hint 2: You can use a VM solution. You can _easily_ install a dual-boot solution for FreeBSD and "Windows", but you have to do that from within the FreeBSD installer, as mentioned above. You can _also_ use PC-BSD to install a "normal" FreeBSD, as well as the PC-BSD operating system (derived from FreeBSD). This is also simple and easy. Find more info here: http://www.pcbsd.org/ Hint 3: Dual-booting is easy. :-) During _any_ of the installation methods mentioned, you can define the target drive and the size of your installation. Typically it is a hard disk, but it doesn't have to be. More information is provided by the FreeBSD Handbook and the FAQ, which you'll find here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/ http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/faq/ FreeBSD provides excellent documentation that helps you to do the easy task of installation. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
