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by **dra..** » Sun, 08 Nov 1998 04:00:00

First of all... I'm a newsgroup newbie.. so I appologize if this ended
up in the wrong spot.

Now.... I have a Pentium 100 with one drive occupied by DOS and windows
3.11 and another drive occupied by more files/programs/etc. Am I crazy
to want to add FreeBSD to this setup as another OS? Do you think it
will create a lot of problems? What's the chance I'd loose data on the
C drive or muck up my computer if I repartitioned the D drive and
attempted to put FreeBSD there? (if it's possible to put freeBSD on the
second drive??)

If I can get away with having these two things co-exist I'd like to do
it rather than blow money on a 486 just so I can have a UNIX box to play
with.

Thanks,
any info would be great,
Zach

by **The Last Viki** » Tue, 10 Nov 1998 04:00:00

:> will create a lot of problems? What's the chance I'd loose data on the
:> C drive or muck up my computer if I repartitioned the D drive and
:> attempted to put FreeBSD there? (if it's possible to put freeBSD on the
:> second drive??)
:>
:> If I can get away with having these two things co-exist I'd like to do
:> it rather than blow money on a 486 just so I can have a UNIX box to play
:> with.

It certainly is possible, although I am not sure I would say it is 'easy' as
easy in common knowledge. Loosing data is definitely a risk too [Backup are
not just for chickens!] but aslong as you have a way to recreate your current
system, you should not worry.

I recommend you read what you can on the FreeBSD web-pages before you start.

by **Kenneth Furg** » Wed, 11 Nov 1998 04:00:00

> First of all... I'm a newsgroup newbie.. so I appologize if this ended
> up in the wrong spot.

You're in the right spot.

Quote:> Now.... I have a Pentium 100 with one drive occupied by DOS and windows
> 3.11 and another drive occupied by more files/programs/etc. Am I crazy
> to want to add FreeBSD to this setup as another OS? Do you think it
> will create a lot of problems? What's the chance I'd loose data on the
> C drive or muck up my computer if I repartitioned the D drive and
> attempted to put FreeBSD there? (if it's possible to put freeBSD on the
> second drive??)

People do what you want to do every day. It's not problem to install
FreeBSD on a second HDD and freely boot back and forth between your
different OS's. While any fiddling with partitions and OS installs
invites data loss, your chances are pretty minimal if you pay attention
to the details.

- K.C.

by **Charles Kern** » Fri, 13 Nov 1998 04:00:00

It is fairly simple if you just format drive D and use the dual boot utility
described in the install literature at FreeBSD.ORG. If you need part of D
for DOS/Windows then you have to repatriation it and leave a partition large
enough for UNIX. FreeBSD will find format and install in the partition.
The second option is more risqu.

> First of all... I'm a newsgroup newbie.. so I appologize if this ended
> up in the wrong spot.

> Now.... I have a Pentium 100 with one drive occupied by DOS and windows
> 3.11 and another drive occupied by more files/programs/etc. Am I crazy
> to want to add FreeBSD to this setup as another OS? Do you think it
> will create a lot of problems? What's the chance I'd loose data on the
> C drive or muck up my computer if I repartitioned the D drive and
> attempted to put FreeBSD there? (if it's possible to put freeBSD on the
> second drive??)

> If I can get away with having these two things co-exist I'd like to do
> it rather than blow money on a 486 just so I can have a UNIX box to play
> with.

> Thanks,
> any info would be great,
> Zach

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