Re: generating a FeeBSD system

2006-04-28 Thread Bill Moran 
On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 10:29:59 +0200
"claude mandine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hello,
> I read a lot of stuff on your site, but I still don't understand what I have
> to download and where and how I can start a system generation WITHOUT a CD,
> just being under Window and having a free partition on my Hard disk.
> 
> could you help me?

First, read the install section of the handbook.
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html
Read the _entire_ thing.
Second, backup your Windows data.
Third, test your Windows backup to be sure it's good.
Then, download a boot floppy image and get started:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-pre.html#INSTALL-FLOPPIES

If you are not 100% sure that you've backed up your data, don't
start the install process.  It's very common for folks to destroy
their Windows partition if they're not familiar with the process.

-- 
Bill Moran
Collaborative Fusion Inc.
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Re: generating a FeeBSD system

2006-04-28 Thread Olivier Nicole 
> to download and where and how I can start a system generation WITHOUT a CD,
> just being under Window and having a free partition on my Hard disk.

Hummm, unless you are using a virtual machine in Windows (like vmware)
you will need to boot your machine in FreeBSD, not in Windows.

So you will need to boot from floppy or from CD.

best regards,

Olivier
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generating a FeeBSD system

2006-04-28 Thread claude mandine 

Hello,
I read a lot of stuff on your site, but I still don't understand what I have
to download and where and how I can start a system generation WITHOUT a CD,
just being under Window and having a free partition on my Hard disk.

could you help me?

Thanks a lot
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