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----- 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.
>
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