From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Jun 14 7:21:47 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from pioneernet.net (pop3.pioneernet.net [208.240.196.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA0C337B68F for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2000 07:21:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chip@wiegand.org) Received: from wiegand.org [208.194.173.26] by pioneernet.net with ESMTP (SMTPD32-6.03) id A6EA3F2E0106; Wed, 14 Jun 2000 07:30:02 -0700 Message-ID: <39479542.468F8798@wiegand.org> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 07:22:58 -0700 From: chip X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Stefan KORONKA Cc: freebsd-newbies@frEEbSd.oRg, 'Some Person' Subject: Re: Win98, Win2k and FreeBSD - Tripple Boot...? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I had been triple booting win98, linux, FBSD using the boot manager OBSB, it's in the ports. Now I just boot FBSD and on very rare ocassion winblows, linux is gone. OBSB will find all the boot partitions and give you a chance to name then whatever you want for a boot menu. Chip www.wiegand.org Alternative Operating Systems Stefan KORONKA wrote: > > What's the order, and/or process to tripple boot Win98, Win2k > > and FreeBSD? I > > need 98 (peice of *#@$@#% @#%@#) for games, Win2k to try out, > > and FreeBSD > > for all my other server services. > > > > I just don't know how to get them all in the boot manager, or > > what order I > > would need to do them in, as well as what boot manager I > > should use, and > > when to apply it. > > Well, i use a triple boot (w98-for testing, w2k-for work and > fbsd-for really fun). I don't use the fbsd boot manager (since > before it, i had linux). First, I've installed '98, than w2k. > So, the dual boot 98-2k is solved by the ntloader. After this, > I've installed boot magic and it works just fine. Every time I add > or remove an OS (linux or bsd), it detect changes. So, the boot > magic have 2 options: "Win2k/98" that start ntldr, and "FreeBsd" > that start bsd. > > A, btw, just a trick: i have a 20mb FAT partition ("c:"), on which > the boot magic is installed. So, if i just decide that i dont' > need the '98 or 2k partitions, i can remove them. > > Good luck. > > Stefan > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message