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Unix Rookie needs help
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| fizz85 2001-02-22, 8:34 pm |
| After reading most of the posts listed here in this area I am still confused. I went to the Free BSD website and was checking around. But I still do not feel comfortable with an install on my HD that I share with my Win 98SE.
1. Do I need partition Magic to seperate my Win and my UNIX or is there another way?
2. Suppose some of my devices are not supported. The site write your own drivers and cut and paste the in (to where I do not know)
3. Can I assume that I can dual boot with Win 98?
4. Build my own Kernel? (I assume it is kind of similar to your autoexec.bat and config.sys you would edit to load the proper drivers)
This are just a few of my questions I need some direction. I went to B&N and did not find any good books about installation.
The website I went to was http://www.freebsd.org/
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| I don't recommend BSD for first time *nix users. Linux is a much simpler OS to learn, especialy Mandrake (my recommendation) and Corell. Now that I've finished that warning I'll try to answer your questions.
1. Do I need partition Magic to seperate my Win and my UNIX or is there another way?
No, during the OS setup you can setup your paritions and configure the boot record. The only advantage that Partition Magic has is its ease of use for creating and resizing partitions.
2. Suppose some of my devices are not supported. The site write your own drivers and cut and paste the in (to where I do not know)
I'm not very clear on what you're trying to say here. The methods for installing new drivers vary from device to device (most autodetect  ), but none are cut and paste.
3. Can I assume that I can dual boot with Win 98?
Yes. I'm doing that right now.
4. Build my own Kernel? (I assume it is kind of similar to your autoexec.bat and config.sys you would edit to load the proper drivers)
Kind of, but much more complicated. It would require a very long explanation to be more specific then that.
This are just a few of my questions I need some direction. I went to B&N and did not find any good books about installation.
I still recommend starting out with Linux, but if you're sure that you want to try out FreeBSD first, "The Complete FreeBSD" is a very good book. The two Linux books that I have are "Linux in a Nutshell" and "Red Hat Linux 6 Unleashed." Both are good books, but not exactly my favorites.
You may want to check out http://linuxnewbie.org, you can find a lot of how-to pages there. | |
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| Thank You very much for your response. I will take your advice and try Linux first. | |
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| If you're going to go woth Linux, the best bets for a newbie are Caldera, Corel, Mandrake or Red Hat. be warned, it may take a while to get used to. Then after getting comfy in that environment, the switch to BDS should be a bit easier. |
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