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KernelPanic:
I am just downloading freeBSD to put on a 486 alongside that old version of slackware that voidman helped me find.
Before I put it on, how do I need to se tit up so it does not run like a bag of proverbial Sh*t?
and also is it very similar to linux?

voidmain:
At the OS level it is very much like Linux (or should I say, Linux is very much like BSD).  In fact you can run most of the same apps on BSD that you can run on Linux (X, KDE, Mozilla, etc, etc, etc).  The file systems are laid out pretty much the same (BSD is more favoring the BSD style obviously and most Linux favors more SysV style but very similar and now that I think about it, isn't Slackware more BSD like in it's initialization process? Been a long while with that one.).  

Some of the commands have slightly different parameters but for the most part you will be right at home.  The kernel is different and device names will be a little different (still under /dev).

Now I don't have much experience with dual booting BSD (I run BSD in a VMware session so it thinks it's the only OS in it's own little world) so I'm not quite sure if I can be of much help on the dual boot part.  Others here have done it and there should be plenty of documentation on the BSD web sites...  Also the web sites would probably be the best source for tuning down to a 486 (if necessary).

Master of Reality:
i have done it. I have passed through the installation of redhat and FreeBSD on the same computer using GRUB. It will be easy for you to use, its pretty good. I am about to install OpenBSD on a test machine of mine.

KernelPanic:
The download Failed near the end   :(  
Also, I will be in Manchester tomorrow so it will have to wait till i get some time another day...

For the same reason, you will not have any of my funny, infomative and intelligent posts on the forum s tommorow  
God, I'm good at BS, I should change career path and become a politician    

Thats the story then, over and out.

Edit - Fixing the mess lynx made of that post.

[ September 05, 2002: Message edited by: Tux ]

Master of Reality:
were you using wget to download it? Maybe you should try again.

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