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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!howland.erols.net!news-peer.gsl.net!gsl-tokyo-ns.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news1.odn.ne.jp!news4.odn.ne.jp!not-for-mail From: prawntoe@post1.com (prawntoe) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: installations under these h/w conditions - pls help Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 14:46:30 GMT Organization: Japan Telecom Co.,Ltd, Tokyo, Japan Lines: 50 Message-ID: <33a94606.8187577@news4.odn.ne.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: dyn123ppp225.pacific.net.sg X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.1/32.230 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43156 Currently I am using Win95 and would like to 'try' unix & x-window-like interface. Main purpose is to get to know the unix environment and perhaps have a 'feel' of what I have been missing. Currently, my system's setup is as follows (running Win95 only). hardware ======= P5-120 32mb ram Creative Labs 16pnp SCSI <- attached with 2 CD-roms and 1 Jaz (iomega) drive AT-bus <- 2gig HD Video <- ATI 64 with 2mb Modem / MS-mouse with roller (intelli-mouse) / MS natural keyboard . . . the usual stuffs The AT-bus HD is configs as : C: win95 (200mb partition) D: 800mb partition E: 1gig partition . . . all formatted as FAT F : SCSI Jaz (1 gig removable) G: SCSI cd-rom H: SCSI cd-rom I wish to maintain everything that's win95 and perhaps start unix / x-windows from within plain dos-prompt upon bootup - or something dual boot perhaps. And install my unix onto the removable Jaz drive (which I hope to format as FAT - for obvious reasons). Do you think it is possible to install either FreeBSD or Linux under such circumstances - mixture of SCSI / at-bus devices, video card etc . . . ? And also what is the difference b/t these unix(s) and SCO unix, Novell unix and . . . Thanks in advance. As I am not polling newsgroups msgs often, please email replies to me : prawntoe@post1.com ---------------------------- prawntoe@post1.com web.singnet.com.sg/~prawntoe ----------------------------