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From: andrsn@Hoover.Stanford.EDU (Annelise Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: FreeBSD/Linus & MSDOS--Advice Sought
Date: 29 Jul 1995 03:57:50 GMT
Organization: The Hoover Institution
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Message-ID: <3vcbju$af@nntp.Stanford.EDU>
Reply-To: andrsn@Hoover.Stanford.EDU
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I am considering reformatting a 540 mg hard drive on a Pentium machine
(with 16 megs ram) and having an MSDOS/Windows partition and a Un*x
partition--either Linux or FreeBSD.
--Which is easier to install, Linus or FreeBSD? I haven't
worked much with Un*x--just know enough commands to get me around an
FTP site.
--Are there different ways to set up the MSDOS and Un*x
partitions? Which one do I start with?
--Does FreeBSD come with the drivers necessary for an Ethernet
(3C509) card?
I will greatly appreciate any responses that throw light on
these questions--I've been using MSDOS/Windows for years and am quite
good at it, but Un*x will be new for me.
--Annelise
Annelise Anderson
andrsn@hoover.stanford.edu