From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 13 15:09:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA10255 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 13 Sep 1998 15:09:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mediaone.net (nvp.ne.mediaone.net [24.128.50.139]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA10229 for ; Sun, 13 Sep 1998 15:08:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nvp@mediaone.net) Received: (from nvp@localhost) by mediaone.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA01019; Sun, 13 Sep 1998 18:10:43 -0500 (EST) From: "Nathan V. Patwardhan" Message-Id: <199809132310.SAA01019@mediaone.net> Subject: Re: installing freebsd In-Reply-To: <19980913213612.5654.qmail@hotmail.com> from shaun mcfarlane at "Sep 13, 98 02:36:12 pm" To: apixkaw@hotmail.com (shaun mcfarlane) Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 18:10:42 -0500 (EST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > is there a way to run ms-dos, win95 and freebsd all on one computer? Yes. I'm running FreeBSD, NT and Linux on the same machine. > my friend installed freebsd and it erased everything... how would i go > about setting it up.. and installing freebsd so nothing will get erased > and i can still run all 3? Are you sure that he erased everything? Or did he just screw something up so that the other OSes couldn't be booted? In any case. Here's what I'd do: - back everything (that's existing on the disk) up. - use Partition Magic to make the partitions. Or, defrag and use FIPS to create a new partition. - be *very careful* not to delete any existing partitions when adding your FreeBSD partition. Don't write anything until you're sure that you've done the right thing. Read the docs in full. - install the FreeBSD boot manager, OR make sure that your Win95 partition remains bootable. You can always boot FreeBSD with a floppy or from a CD-ROM. -- Nate Patwardhan, System Administrator O'Reilly and Associates nvp@oreilly.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message