Re: FreeBSD starter machine

2005-12-16 Thread Chris Whitehouse
Pietro Cerutti wrote: On 12/13/05, Chris Whitehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A way to use your current machine for both operating systems without dual booting is to install a second hard disk, install FreeBSD and select which to boot from in the bios. It's a slight faff changing boot disk but

FW: RE: FreeBSD starter machine...

2005-12-12 Thread Harrison Peter CSA BIRKENHEAD
Message: 16 Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:07:44 -0800 (PST) From: Matt S. Gann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FreeBSD starter machine To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1. I have a few questions about FreeBSD. I am just beginning

Re: FW: RE: FreeBSD starter machine...

2005-12-12 Thread Svein Halvor Halvorsen
In the past I've run 4.6 on a P1 133mhz with 64MB RAM and a 3GB disk. More recently I was running 5.3 on a Thinkpad 600e PII 333mhz with 160MB RAM and 2GB slice within the disk (until the hardware died). Although the OS ran fine on both of these there are limitations. You'd probably need to

Re: FreeBSD starter machine

2005-12-12 Thread Chris Whitehouse
Matt S. Gann wrote: I have a few questions about FreeBSD. I am just beginning to get into UNIX. I know a few line commands, but really want to get familiar and comfortable with the OS. I have been intrugued by FreeBSD for many years now, but I own a windows-based PC and am not keen about

Re: FreeBSD starter machine

2005-12-12 Thread Pietro Cerutti
On 12/13/05, Chris Whitehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A way to use your current machine for both operating systems without dual booting is to install a second hard disk, install FreeBSD and select which to boot from in the bios. It's a slight faff changing boot disk but works fine and keeps

Re: FreeBSD starter machine

2005-12-12 Thread Jerry McAllister
On 12/13/05, Chris Whitehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A way to use your current machine for both operating systems without dual booting is to install a second hard disk, install FreeBSD and select which to boot from in the bios. It's a slight faff changing boot disk but works fine

RE: FreeBSD starter machine

2005-12-12 Thread Gayn Winters
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pietro Cerutti Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 3:56 PM To: Chris Whitehouse; FreeBSD Subject: Re: FreeBSD starter machine On 12/13/05, Chris Whitehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A way to use your current machine for both operating systems

Re: FreeBSD starter machine

2005-12-12 Thread Beecher Rintoul
On Monday 12 December 2005 02:19 pm, Chris Whitehouse wrote: Matt S. Gann wrote: I have a few questions about FreeBSD. I am just beginning to get into UNIX. I know a few line commands, but really want to get familiar and comfortable with the OS. I have been intrugued by FreeBSD for

Re: FreeBSD starter machine

2005-12-11 Thread Chris Hill
On Sun, 11 Dec 2005, Matt S. Gann wrote: I have a few questions about FreeBSD. I am just beginning to get into UNIX. I know a few line commands, but really want to get familiar and comfortable with the OS. I have been intrugued by FreeBSD for many years now, but I own a windows-based PC

RE: FreeBSD starter machine

2005-12-11 Thread Gayn Winters
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt S. Gann Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 8:08 PM To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: FreeBSD starter machine I have a few questions about FreeBSD. I am just beginning to get into UNIX. I know a few line commands, but really want to

Re: FreeBSD starter machine

2005-12-11 Thread Robert Huff
Chris Hill writes: Here's a thought: Since it's the holiday season, many retailers are offering deals on new computers. If your current Win* box is a few years old, how about upgrading to a new machine? Or find a friend who's upgrading, and offer them a reasonable price for their

Re: FreeBSD starter machine

2005-12-11 Thread Andrew L. Gould
On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:07:44 -0800 (PST) Matt S. Gann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a few questions about FreeBSD. I am just beginning to get into UNIX. I know a few line commands, but really want to get familiar and comfortable with the OS. I have been intrugued by FreeBSD for many