Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 08:32:42 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: garman@phs.k12.ar.us Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: win95 osr2 & freebsd Message-ID: <199701311432.IAA01297@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <Mutt.19970130174232.garman@jason.garman.net> from Jason Garman at "Jan 30, 97 05:42:32 pm"
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In a previous message, Jason Garman said: > Has anyone installed Win95 OSR2 after FreeBSD? I've heard bad things > about it trashing partitions it doesn't know about, are these true? I > really need win95 on my machine now :-( and i definately don't want to > lose my FreeBSD partition (so i can do actual work :-)) No, it just arogently overwrites the MBR to just point to itself. All you need to do is re-install booteasy or OSBS. Do it from a DOS floppy however because Win95 "protects" the MBR from viruses. I'm guessing Mr. Bill thinks of any OS other than Win95 or NT as a virus. -- If the good lord had wanted man to stay on the ground, he would have given us roots.
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