RobRich
02-02-2000, 03:28 PM
A new release of BeOS 5.0 is to offer an unique feature for simple installation: it will be one file. It will reside in the standard FAT16 or FAT32 directory, and can be loaded directly under Windows. It basically shutdowns Windows and loads BeOS with the appropriate setup. In other words, no exclusive partition or boot manger is required with this tpe of setup.
Here's the best part, it will be free for any non-commercial user. It will have no timeouts, no adverts, no shareware locks. It will, however, lack some applications and utilities that Be offers, but should be able to find equivalants to those on the net in the form of toms of freeware available for BeOS.
If you want to, FreeBE (cool new name) can also do the old stand-a-lone install. I still prefer the easy one file method idea, since to remove the whole OS, you just have to delete a single file. The file is a actually a complete BFS file system in one archive. As long as your hdd is not completely fragmented, the disk i/o speed difference between the installs is basically not noticable.
For more info:
http://www.be.com/products/freebeos/
http://betanews.efront.com/article.php3?sid=949367968
[This message has been edited by RobRich (edited 02-03-2000).]
Here's the best part, it will be free for any non-commercial user. It will have no timeouts, no adverts, no shareware locks. It will, however, lack some applications and utilities that Be offers, but should be able to find equivalants to those on the net in the form of toms of freeware available for BeOS.
If you want to, FreeBE (cool new name) can also do the old stand-a-lone install. I still prefer the easy one file method idea, since to remove the whole OS, you just have to delete a single file. The file is a actually a complete BFS file system in one archive. As long as your hdd is not completely fragmented, the disk i/o speed difference between the installs is basically not noticable.
For more info:
http://www.be.com/products/freebeos/
http://betanews.efront.com/article.php3?sid=949367968
[This message has been edited by RobRich (edited 02-03-2000).]