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Operating Systems Linux Fedora FreeBSD Post 302381841 by Celtic_Monkey on Monday 21st of December 2009 05:29:23 AM
Old 12-21-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by figaro
You will probably want to enable dual boot on your machine and leave Windows on one and install FreeBSD on the other. It is a secure way to install FreeBSD and quite possibly the only way to answer your ulterior question.
Agreed.

I like FreeBSD - very stable. Not just for servers either. Has a tremendous amount of packages available - In my view a great package management system and one of the best (again in my view) documentation sets available inc. the forums.

It's 50 / 50! Development lags somewhat behind linux in some respects (not quite so bleeding edge) but is ahead of the game in others.

From what you've said in your OP, it's going to be a learning curve for you whatever you choose. FreeBSD is no more difficult to learn than any other form of *nix. you get out of it what you put in.

Last edited by Celtic_Monkey; 12-21-2009 at 06:38 AM..
 

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NDISGEN(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 						NDISGEN(8)

NAME
ndisgen -- generate a FreeBSD driver module from a Windows(R) NDIS driver distribution SYNOPSIS
ndisgen [/path/to/INF /path/to/SYS] DESCRIPTION
The ndisgen script uses the ndiscvt(8) utility and other tools to generate a FreeBSD loadable driver module and a static ELF object module from a Windows(R) NDIS driver, for use with the ndis(4) compatibility module. The ndisgen script is interactive and contains its own help section. Unless the paths to both files are supplied on the command line, the script will prompt the user for the .INF and .SYS files needed to generate the FreeBSD driver module. The script will also prompt for any firmware or other external files needed. SEE ALSO
ld(1), objcopy(1), ndis(4), kldload(8), ndiscvt(8) HISTORY
The ndisgen utility first appeared in FreeBSD 6.0. AUTHORS
The ndisgen utility was written by Bill Paul <wpaul@windriver.com>. BSD
April 24, 2005 BSD
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