On Mon, 11 Mar 2013, Carl Johnson wrote:
Warren Block writes:
On Mon, 11 Mar 2013, Carl Johnson wrote:
It is my understanding that FreeBSD doesn't allow using part of a disk,
but grabs the entire disk. That means that VirtualBox can't use
partitions on a disk that any other partitions are
Warren Block writes:
> On Mon, 11 Mar 2013, Carl Johnson wrote:
>
>> It is my understanding that FreeBSD doesn't allow using part of a disk,
>> but grabs the entire disk. That means that VirtualBox can't use
>> partitions on a disk that any other partitions are being used by
>> anything else, in
On Mon, 2013-03-11 at 12:25 -0600, Warren Block wrote:
> Booting the same Windows install alternately in a VM and then on real
> hardware may trigger the "Genuine Advantage" annoyance.
This is true, but for some exceptional cases perhaps untrue.
I wasn't aware about this possibility, but it does
On Mon, 11 Mar 2013, Carl Johnson wrote:
Eduardo Morras writes:
On Sat, 9 Mar 2013 12:07:41 -0800 (PST)
wrote:
Good afternoon, FreeBSD enthusiasts. Can FreeBSD 9.1 be installed on
a computer on which Windows XP currently resides? If so, how can
this installation be >done? In particular
On Mon, 2013-03-11 at 09:05 -0700, Carl Johnson wrote:
> It is my understanding that FreeBSD doesn't allow using part of a disk,
> but grabs the entire disk. That means that VirtualBox can't use
> partitions on a disk that any other partitions are being used by
> anything else, including FreeBSD i
Eduardo Morras writes:
> On Sat, 9 Mar 2013 12:07:41 -0800 (PST)
> wrote:
>
>> Good afternoon, FreeBSD enthusiasts. Can FreeBSD 9.1 be installed on
>> a computer on which Windows XP currently resides? If so, how can
>> this installation be >done? In particular, is there a way to install
>> 9
On Mon, 2013-03-11 at 14:31 +0100, Eduardo Morras wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:14:05 +0100
> Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 2013-03-11 at 13:51 +0100, Eduardo Morras wrote:
> > > As an addon to other answers, you can install VirtualBox, create a
> > > minimal hard disk with MBR boot menu th
On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:14:05 +0100
Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-03-11 at 13:51 +0100, Eduardo Morras wrote:
> > As an addon to other answers, you can install VirtualBox, create a
> > minimal hard disk with MBR boot menu that points to the WindowsXP
> > partition. This way you don't need to
On Mon, 2013-03-11 at 13:51 +0100, Eduardo Morras wrote:
> As an addon to other answers, you can install VirtualBox, create a
> minimal hard disk with MBR boot menu that points to the WindowsXP
> partition. This way you don't need to restart in WinXP. The same can
> be done from WinXP side, a minim
On Sat, 9 Mar 2013 12:07:41 -0800 (PST)
wrote:
> Good afternoon, FreeBSD enthusiasts. Can FreeBSD 9.1 be installed on a
> computer on which Windows XP currently resides? If so, how can this
> installation be >done? In particular, is there a way to install 9.1 so that
> it can be booted fro
On Sat, 09 Mar 2013 21:27:45 +0100, Polytropon wrote:
On Sat, 9 Mar 2013 12:07:41 -0800 (PST),
leeoliveshackelf...@surewest.net wrote:
Good afternoon, FreeBSD enthusiasts. Can FreeBSD 9.1 be
installed on a computer on which Windows XP currently
resides?
Yes.
If so, how can this instal
On Sat, 09 Mar 2013 21:49:29 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Sat, 2013-03-09 at 21:27 +0100, Polytropon wrote:
> > "Partition Magic"
>
> I would avoid to use proprietary software, ntfs, fat16 and fat32 are
> full supported by Linux gparted, available for free as in beer at
> http://partedmagic.com
On Sat, 2013-03-09 at 21:27 +0100, Polytropon wrote:
> "Partition Magic"
I would avoid to use proprietary software, ntfs, fat16 and fat32 are
full supported by Linux gparted, available for free as in beer at
http://partedmagic.com as a live media. Perhaps you need to defragment
the Windows partiti
On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 3:07 PM, wrote:
> Good afternoon, FreeBSD enthusiasts. Can FreeBSD 9.1 be installed on a
> computer on which Windows XP currently resides?
As others have already answered, yes. The risks are minimal if you are
careful but you will always have the risk of breaking someth
On Sat, 9 Mar 2013 12:07:41 -0800 (PST), leeoliveshackelf...@surewest.net
wrote:
> Good afternoon, FreeBSD enthusiasts. Can FreeBSD 9.1 be
> installed on a computer on which Windows XP currently
> resides?
Yes.
> If so, how can this installation be done?
First of all, you need a tool to mak
On Sat, 9 Mar 2013 12:07:41 -0800 (PST)
wrote:
> Good afternoon, FreeBSD enthusiasts. Can FreeBSD 9.1 be installed
> on a computer on which Windows XP currently resides? If so, how
> can this installation be done? In particular, is there a way to
> install 9.1 so that it can be booted from th
Good afternoon, FreeBSD enthusiasts. Can FreeBSD 9.1 be installed on a
computer on which Windows XP currently resides? If so, how can this
installation be done? In particular, is there a way to install 9.1 so that it
can be booted from the traditional master boot record? It is important that
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