On Fri, 10 Nov 2006, Jerry McAllister wrote:
On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 08:42:04AM +, Jan Grant wrote:
On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Bob Schwartz wrote:
... at least as it is desribed in the DELL
docs and bios...
Be really careful. The windows boot loader should be able to boot a
On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 11:12:43AM -0500, Bob Schwartz wrote:
Sorry for top posting, but I think, given the conditions you specify,
probably the best thing for you to do is buy another drive - and replace one
of the others to experiment with FreeBSD for a while.
Kindly see my post of this
On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 08:42:04AM +, Jan Grant wrote:
On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Bob Schwartz wrote:
... at least as it is desribed in the DELL
docs and bios...
Be really careful. The windows boot loader should be able to boot a
freebsd install for you.
I have never had a Windows MBR
On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 10:30:33AM -0500, Bob Schwartz wrote:
Be really careful. The windows boot loader should be able to boot a
freebsd install for you.,
Thank you.
Either one works for me as long as I get full choice. If the windows loader
simply picks up bsd and offers it in
On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Bob Schwartz wrote:
... at least as it is desribed in the DELL
docs and bios...
Be really careful. The windows boot loader should be able to boot a
freebsd install for you. Dell usually ship their machines with a small
partition at the front of the drive (at least, they
07, 2006 11:08 AM
To: Bob Schwartz
Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Questions on first-time installation
In response to Bob Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
[snip]
Also, your (or someone else's) suggestion that I disconnect the others
for the moment is a good one...and I guess
Be really careful. The windows boot loader should be able to boot a
freebsd install for you.,
Thank you.
Either one works for me as long as I get full choice. If the windows loader
simply picks up bsd and offers it in addition to the two windows installs
that I need, no problem. Ditto if the
On Wed, 8 Nov 2006, Bob Schwartz wrote:
Be really careful. The windows boot loader should be able to boot a
freebsd install for you.,
Thank you.
Either one works for me as long as I get full choice. If the windows loader
simply picks up bsd and offers it in addition to the two windows
Sorry for top posting, but I think, given the conditions you specify,
probably the best thing for you to do is buy another drive - and replace one
of the others to experiment with FreeBSD for a while.
Kindly see my post of this am and tell me, please, if you still think this
is necessary. I do
] On Behalf Of Bill Moran
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 11:08 AM
To: Bob Schwartz
Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Questions on first-time installation
In response to Bob Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
[snip]
Also, your (or someone else's) suggestion that I disconnect
In response to Bob Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hi,
First, I want to join the lists that you think are best for a highly
knowledgable and experienced PC/Windows user who knows little about unix.
Would you be so kind as to guide me, please?
You're on the right list, but it helps to use a
Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
In response to Bob Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
this workstation has two intallations of XP and a windows boot manager for
selecting them. Under no circumstances can we afford for this to be
disturbed (at least until we can finally get rid of windows
First, to all who answered...many thanks! I can see I found the right
places.
You're on the right list, but it helps to use a subject line.
Noted and done.
You should not install on that machine, then. Its not uncommon for first
time users to hose other installations. Based on your under no
In response to Bob Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
[snip]
Also, your (or someone else's) suggestion that I disconnect the others for
the moment is a good one...and I guess that that would do, except that I
would not end up with a boot manager when I hook the others back up
afterwards?
Also,
That's a safe bet, from the standpoint of the Windows installations, but
it can cause grief if you try to plug everything back in. I've had problems
with the BIOS moving drives around, then FreeBSD can't figure out which
drive it should be mounting off. I'm not saying it's a bad idea, all I'm
Bob Schwartz wrote:
That's a safe bet, from the standpoint of the Windows installations, but
it can cause grief if you try to plug everything back in. I've had problems
with the BIOS moving drives around, then FreeBSD can't figure out which
drive it should be mounting off. I'm not
PM
To: Bob Schwartz
Cc: 'Bill Moran'; FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Questions on first-time installation
Bob Schwartz wrote:
That's a safe bet, from the standpoint of the Windows installations,
but
it can cause grief if you try to plug everything back in. I've had
problems
On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 10:33:30AM -0500, Bob Schwartz wrote:
First, to all who answered...many thanks! I can see I found the right
places.
Sorry for top posting, but I think, given the conditions you specify,
probably the best thing for you to do is buy another drive - and
replace one of the
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