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#! rnews 1688 sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au Path: sserve!euryale!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.iag.net!trauma.rn.com!trauma.rn.com!not-for-mail From: larry@rn.com (Larry Snyder) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Can Linux and FreeBSD coexist (peacefully) Date: 30 Jul 1995 11:34:38 -0400 Organization: TraumaNet Lines: 23 Message-ID: <3vg8qe$e1c@trauma.rn.com> References: <alegre.807056451@mars.superlink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: trauma.rn.com In article <alegre.807056451@mars.superlink.net>, Fernando <alegre@mars.superlink.net> wrote: >I'm a happy Linux user right now. However I have curiosity about how >FreeBSD compares to Linux. What I would like is an advice on how to >install FreeBSD in an existing Linux ext2 partition without having to >repartition my HD. I would like to use LILO to choose at boot time between >Linux and FreeBSD. I want the coexistence to be completely painless. I do NOT >have any MS product installed in my machine now. Just Linux. > >Is that possible or is FreeBSD designed to coexist only with MSDOS? to the best of my knowledge, you must repartion your hard drive to enable access to FreeBSD, it is not designed to run on a Linux filesystem and can only co-exist with DOS (ie: you can keep your Linux partition on the drive - but you can't access it under FreeBSD) larry -- Larry Snyder larry@rn.com larry@iag.net Systems Administrator Internet Access Group, Inc Connecting Florida to the Internet 407-786-1145 / 800-380-4IAG * providing leased lines / dedicated / dialup / Web services / Consulting *