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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!news.jsums.edu!news2.cais.net!news.cais.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!DMZ.teir.com!r2d2.teir.com!usenet From: cwilliam@teir.com (Curtis Williams) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Whatever...Help Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 14:48:30 GMT Organization: Thomson Electronic Infomation Resources Lines: 27 Message-ID: <317b9bac.7836908@news.teir.com> References: <mele-2204960810390001@dial-1.r2.gastbo.infoave.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: cwilliam-pc.teir.com X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99d/32.182 On Mon, 22 Apr 1996 08:10:38 -0400, mele@goldstag.com (Melvin C. Etheridge) wrote: > >First would someone tell me where I can get FreeBSD off of the net (I have >a direct connection so dl time is not a factor)? > >Second, can you say install FreeBSD on one drive and leave say Win95 on >another and switch boot between them? > 1) http://www.cdrom.com currently in 2.1 release i think 2) yes, i'm not sure if it ships with a boot loader or not (i'm a liux guy and use lilo)-- probably does. also you might want to investigae "commander" but don't pay the $100 retail price. street price is $65-- works well if you need multiple os's Curtis R. Williams Vice President, Technology Thomson Electronic Information Resources A Division of Thomson Publishing 205 Van Buren Street, Suite 300 Herndon, Virginia 22070 Voice: 703.736.1759 Fax: 703.736.1750 e-mail: cwilliams@teir.com e-mail: curt@access.digex.net