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Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 21:22:09 +0100
From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
To: "DINKEY,GENE (HP-Loveland,ex1)" <gene_dinkey@hp.com>
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Subject: Re: The BSD boot loader
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In-Reply-To: <F341E03C8ED6D311805E00902761278C5313E2@xfc04.fc.hp.com>; from gene_dinkey@hp.com on Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 02:15:23PM -0600
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On Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 02:15:23PM -0600, DINKEY,GENE (HP-Loveland,ex1) wrote:
> I was wondering if the BSD boot loader will have any problems being
> installed to the boot sector of a BSD partition instead of being installed
> to the MBR.  My system currently is running Windows 98 and NT and I have
> always used System Commander as my boot loader.  
> 
> I would like to install FreeBSD on this system (it has some stuff that my
> other BSD boxes don't) but I have never done multi boot with BSD.
> 
> If you choose to install a standard MBR will it put that on the same disk
> that BSD is installed to (or give you a choice) or does it default to 0,0,1
> on the active disk?  I couldn't find anything in the man pages or in the
> handbook that could help me so any sugestions would be welcome.  (also if
> there is documentation I missed please let me know so I can review it)
> 

http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/multi-os/index.html

and

http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/admin.html#AEN2068

should answer your questions.

HTH


> Thank You
> 
> Gene Dinkey
> 970.278.8732
> Hewlett Packard Customer Care Center
> Technical Computing Division
> 
> 
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