From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 21 20:08:28 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA07688 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 21 Mar 1997 20:08:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from out2.ibm.net (out2.ibm.net [165.87.201.252]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id UAA07683 for ; Fri, 21 Mar 1997 20:08:26 -0800 (PST) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by out2.ibm.net (8.6.9/8.6.9) id EAA101776; Sat, 22 Mar 1997 04:07:53 GMT Message-Id: <199703220407.EAA101776@out2.ibm.net> Received: from slip166-72-108-157.ny.us.ibm.net(166.72.108.157) by out2.ibm.net via smap (V1.3mjr) id smax1oDmb; Sat Mar 22 04:07:35 1997 From: "Mike G." To: "adamh@earthlink.net" , "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Date: Fri, 21 Mar 97 22:59:03 Reply-To: "Mike G." Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Michael Goeringer's Registered PMMail 1.53 For OS/2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Win95, Linux and FreeBSD Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 21 Mar 1997 18:52:59 -0800, Adam Harrison wrote: >To Whom it May Concern: > I am running Linux and Windows 95 and I would like to add FreeBSD to my >system setup. How do I go about doing so? If I install FreeBSD will that >overwrite Lilo, making me unable to boot Linux? How do I safely (without >causing any headaches) add FreeBSD to my system. Is it better to run the >FreeBSD setup program from DOS or Linux? > Thanks in advance. > Best Regards, > Adam Harrison > You can install FreeBSD no problem...when you install you have the option of not loading a boot manager(your best bet)...just be sure to make your FreeBSD root partition bootable. I would reccoment creating a FreeBSD boot diskette and installing from there. Michael G. Brought to you by the Letters 'O' and 'S' and the number '2' :)