Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 15:57:16 -0800 From: <bsdnewbie@hotmail.com> To: "Johnson David" <djohnson@acuson.com>, <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Boot Disk? Message-ID: <OE17beDV4iHXjWC5V3l0000482c@hotmail.com> References: <20020116203101.D80C537B421@hub.freebsd.org>
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I use System Command to load 4 different OS (win2000, win98, Linux, Freebsd), safe and fast. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnson David" <djohnson@acuson.com> To: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 12:30 PM Subject: FreeBSD Boot Disk? > Is there such a thing? Can one create a boot disk to boot into FreeBSD? I'm > not talking about the install disk, but an actual boot disk to boot into an > existing installation. > > I've installed FreeBSD at work on a second harddrive, with W2K on the first. > To avoid totally alienating IT, I don't want to install boot easy, and my > attempt to put FreeBSD on the NT boot loader were near disastrous. A simple > boot disk will meet my needs, but I don't know how to make one. > > I don't want technical answers, just a pointer to the right documentation or > port, or even if it can or cannot be done. > > Thanks, > > David > > p.s. I have permission to install FreeBSD behind IT's back. This isn't IT's > computer, but they will be the ones to maintain the NT installation. It's a > complicated story, so don't ask. > > p.p.s. I know about grub, and am currently using the grub "shell" to boot > FreeBSD. But I would rather have a native solution. > > p.p.s. Thanks again. > > 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
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