From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Aug 5 9:49:47 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from k0r3.reflektor.cz (k0r3.reflektor.cz [212.24.129.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C684437B401 for ; Sun, 5 Aug 2001 09:49:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cynic@mail.cz) Received: (qmail 16985 invoked by uid 202); 5 Aug 2001 16:49:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO zvahlav.mail.cz) (212.24.143.100) by k0r3.reflektor.cz with SMTP; 5 Aug 2001 16:49:42 -0000 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20010805185532.01e99878@mail.cz> X-Sender: cynic@mail.cz X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2001 18:58:53 +0200 To: "Jason Dodson" , From: Cynic Subject: Re: Win2k then FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <002301c11dce$00b2c970$a3faf818@ci744227a> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org NT should not wipe out your MBR. win9x does it, but not NT AFAIK. anyway, (not that I have any experience with dualbooting NT and FreeBSD) the recommended practice is to install windows first, FreeBSD after that. It is my understanding that the most common practice is what you describe (i. e. using the FreeBSD boot manager to switch between OS's. do you plan to install each system on a separate disk, or on one disk (different partitions)? At 18:45 8/5/2001, Jason Dodson wrote the following: -------------------------------------------------------------- >Ok, about to just wipe off my 4 hard drives and start fresh..... > >It is best to install FreeBSD with BootManager on whatever drive on want then to install Win2k? correct? > >Just checking....I know that Win2k writes over the MBR but is it possible to install Win2k first then install FreeBSD? and just use the FreeBSD bootmanager for both OS's? > >Thanks > > >Jason > > >HaxCode4u@home.com ------end of quote------ cynic@mail.cz ------------- And the eyes of them both were opened and they saw that their files were world readable and writable, so they chmoded 600 their files. - Book of Installation chapt 3 sec 7 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message