FreeBSD question

[Paul Schmehl]

--On October 26, 2006 4:17:37 PM -0700 Nikhil Patel 
<vijayni2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 1. I want to teach basic unix command, shell scripting to my students,
> does BSD is same like Unix?

Yes.  BSD is just like Unix.  In fact, it *is* Unix.

>   2. Can I install FreeBSD on Pentium PC that has 2 partition 1 has
> windows XP and 1 will have FreeBSD.

I have that very setup on my laptop.  If you have Windows installed 
already, just begine the install of FreeBSD and choose the BSD boot 
manager.  It will set everything up for you.

>   3. Is installation process easy?
>
Yes, but if you're unfamiliar with it, you might want to print out the 
instructions from the FreeBSD Handbook. 
<http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-pre.html>

Paul Schmehl (pauls at utdallas.edu)
Senior Information Security Analyst
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/