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From: scotte@center.uscs.com (L. Scott Emmons)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Whatever...Help
Date: 02 May 1996 15:50:09 GMT
Organization: U.S. Computer Services Research Center, El Dorado Hills, CA
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Message-ID: <SCOTTE.96May2085010@odie.center.uscs.com>
References: <mele-2204960810390001@dial-1.r2.gastbo.infoave.net>
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To: mele@goldstag.com (Melvin C. Etheridge)
In-reply-to: mele@goldstag.com's message of Mon, 22 Apr 1996 08:10:38 -0400

In article <mele-2204960810390001@dial-1.r2.gastbo.infoave.net> mele@goldstag.com (Melvin C. Etheridge) writes:

> 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)?

How about ftp.freebsd.org. The CDROM is well worth it's cost,
though... Especially since, unless you've already installed it before,
you will probably end up installing it more than once.

> Second, can you say install FreeBSD on one drive and leave say Win95
> on another and switch boot between them?

Yep. FreeBSD comes with a simple boot manager, but there are others -
freeware, shareware, and payware.

-scotte
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