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Article #12Re: Perl/Unix on a 386
From: Wayne
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 00:00
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 00:00
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Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > > Milko Kretschmann <milko@telebyte.nl> writes: > > >First, I'd like to run unix or linux on it as well. Can I download a (simple) version of them somewhere ? And > > Yes. You will have to repartition your disk, though, to make room for the > new operating system. This usually means reinstalling your DOS partition. > Just get Partition Magic. No need to resinstall dos at all. > >how would I proceed then; can I download under windows or dos and from there install the program ? > > One place to start is the FreeBSD web site. Take a look at > > http://www.ca.freebsd.org/handbook/ > > for an introduction to FreeBSD -- a UNIX variant derived from 4.4BSD. > > While you can install FreeBSD via the Internet I would recommend that > you purchase the CD and install from that, unless you are very comfortable > configuring SLIP/PPP links and the associated routing table entries manually. > If the machine is (or can be) directly connected to the Internet (i.e. > you can stick it on an Internet-connected Ethernet) then installing over > the net is a breeze. > > --lyndon > > -- > Orthanc Systems -- Internet and UNIX consulting -- Prince George, B.C > _____________________________________________________________________ > lyndon@orthanc.com || canada!lyndon || Fax: +1 604 561 2067 > http://www.orthanc.com/ -- Hit any user to continue.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f72c1,d66229d3c1db2157 X-Google-Attributes: gidf72c1,public X-Google-Thread: 10183f,d66229d3c1db2157 X-Google-Attributes: gid10183f,public X-Google-Thread: 100c5f,d66229d3c1db2157 X-Google-Attributes: gid100c5f,public X-Google-Thread: f5dd0,d66229d3c1db2157 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5dd0,public X-Google-Thread: fa0ae,d66229d3c1db2157 X-Google-Attributes: gidfa0ae,public X-Google-Thread: 114424,d66229d3c1db2157 X-Google-Attributes: gid114424,public X-Google-Thread: 1101c9,d66229d3c1db2157 X-Google-Attributes: gid1101c9,public X-Google-Thread: 1065ea,d66229d3c1db2157 X-Google-Attributes: gid1065ea,public From: Wayne <wroberts@aug.com> Subject: Re: Perl/Unix on a 386 Date: 1996/07/11 Message-ID: <31E5813B.16555671@aug.com> X-Deja-AN: 167853271 references: <31D98E9B.49AA@Interned.nl> <31DCAAD2.5079@europeonline.com> <31E191B2.492D@telebyte.nl> <4ruere$5ql@multivac.orthanc.com> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: Southeast Network Services, Inc. mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.lang.perl.tk,comp.lang.perl.misc,at.linux,alt.linux,air.unix,alt.unix.wizards,ca.unix,bc.unix,comp.unix.misc x-mailer: Mozilla 3.0b4Gold (X11; I; Linux 2.0.0 i586)