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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!news.ksu.ksu.edu!news.physics.uiowa.edu!news.uiowa.edu!chi-news.cic.net!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!gatech!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!nntp1.jpl.nasa.gov!netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov!usenet From: Jeff Dickson <jdickson@vtol.jpl.nasa.gov> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Install bsd using linux? Date: 9 Feb 1996 18:59:49 GMT Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4fg5j5$dsv@netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov> References: <DMA62u.rv@news.cis.umn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: vtol.jpl.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.2 sun4c) X-URL: news:DMA62u.rv@news.cis.umn.edu haid0002@gold.tc.umn.edu (Stavros J Haidos) wrote: > I have linux running now and it is my only operating system. Is there >away that I can install bsd in a partiton I made using fdisk under linux? >And when I start up I need X to work right away since my monitor will only >work in X. > >-- > -Steve I'm sure it's doable. If you can install from a DOS partition why not a Linux? Look at the file INSTALL.TXT on the CD. As far as X Windows working right away? Wishful thinking. I had to recompile my kernel to include mouse and cdrom sup- port, fussed around with various files (.xinitrc, /etc/XF86Config) and I'm still not there. I didn't have to do much else than write a .xinitrc script on Linux. Jeff S. Dickson jdickson@vtol.jpl.nasa.gov