Re: note
On 12/06/2012 04:53, Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:36:00 -0600, Arlen McIntyre wrote: How can I get FreeBSD on my other partition and have a dual OS system without the boot installation? Qustion part one: Prepare a USB stick with the FreeBSD memstick edition. You'll find instructions on how to do that on the FreeBSD website, as well as the installation media. Preparation: Make sure you have _free_ disk space. This means: Do not create any DOS partitions, just leave it empty and let the installer perform the required tasks of partitioning and formatting. If you have XP on the other partition you will need to install FreeBSD using the old style MBR partitioning scheme. See http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall-pre.html You might want to consider sticking with FreeBSD 8.3 which I think only supports MPR partitioning. FreeBSD 9.0 supports both MBR and the newer GPT scheme so you would have to work out how to choose during the installation. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-pre.html Chris ___ 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
Re: note
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 8:36 PM, Arlen McIntyre fallofz...@gmail.com wrote: I cannot afford to buy FreeBSD. Dada is not dead! ___ 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
Re: note
On Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:36:00 -0600, Arlen McIntyre wrote: How can I get FreeBSD on my other partition and have a dual OS system without the boot installation? Qustion part one: Prepare a USB stick with the FreeBSD memstick edition. You'll find instructions on how to do that on the FreeBSD website, as well as the installation media. Preparation: Make sure you have _free_ disk space. This means: Do not create any DOS partitions, just leave it empty and let the installer perform the required tasks of partitioning and formatting. Question part two: Install the FreeBSD boot manager (which is one of the first steps during the installation process). You can then select at system startup which OS to boot into. I cannot afford to buy FreeBSD. I'm sorry to hear that, but it won't be a problem. You won't go to jail, don't be frightened. Just install it. It's free. :-) No really: FreeBSD _is_ free to download and to use. You don't need to buy it (even though you _may_ do so; refer to the FreeBSD website for details). -- 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
Re: note
On Mon, 11 Jun 2012, Arlen McIntyre wrote: I have a ASUS laptop that came with Windows 7. I finally ended up with XP on one partition and Ubuntu on the other. ASUS only supports the Windows 7 OS with this particular architect. I want to keep XP on one partition and put FreeBSD on the other partition ( I already have created). The problem is that the files I see for installation are ISO files for booting. I don't have audio in XP but it worked in Ubuntu. I was told by an authorized ASUS dealer that I would not find any support from them because of switching from the pre-installed Windows 7. I cannot update the drivers in the BIOS to tell my laptop to boot from DVD/CD. Really? What happens when you press F2 and keep it down during boot? How can I get FreeBSD on my other partition and have a dual OS system without the boot installation? I cannot afford to buy FreeBSD. FreeBSD is not for sale. It is free. Some services will sell releases on CD or DVD, generally at very affordable prices which are well worth it compared to downloading by dial-up. But what those services are selling is the media and the service of copying FreeBSD to the media and getting the media into your hands. You can download and/or install FreeBSD for free. -- Lars Eighner http://www.larseighner.com/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266 ___ 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
Re: note on my messed up 2003 dell
Replacing the old battery with a new one usually solves this kind of problem. I just did this yesterday ;) On 2/17/12, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: guys, this is just a FWIW, but it's worth bearing in mind. i just tried to change the bios settings so that the old computer would boot from CD first. no-joy. long-story short, months in the garage or just-age must have ruined this box. -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Voice By Computer (for Universal Access): http:/www.thought.org/vbc The 8.57a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org Twenty-five years of service to the Unix community. ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: note on my messed up 2003 dell
On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 18:42, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: guys, this is just a FWIW, but it's worth bearing in mind. i just tried to change the bios settings so that the old computer would boot from CD first. no-joy. long-story short, months in the garage or just-age must have ruined this box. Age, moisture, bugs... all equal dead machines. Been through it before :( -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Voice By Computer (for Universal Access): http:/www.thought.org/vbc The 8.57a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org Twenty-five years of service to the Unix community. ___ 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 ___ 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
