Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 15:24:30 -0600 From: Bob Willcox <bob@luke.immure.com> To: Chris Browning <brownicm@prokyon.com> Cc: Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com>, questions list <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD & Win98 2nd ed coexistance? Message-ID: <20000128152430.A49224@luke.immure.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.000128161513.brownicm@prokyon.com>; from Chris Browning on Fri, Jan 28, 2000 at 04:15:13PM -0500 References: <20000128150245.A48685@luke.immure.com> <XFMail.000128161513.brownicm@prokyon.com>
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On Fri, Jan 28, 2000 at 04:15:13PM -0500, Chris Browning wrote: > No real dilemma. You need to have Win98 installed first. Win98 doesn't have a > bootloader and doesn't understand multi-boot. The FreeBSD install will see > Win98 and allow for it using its bootloader. Quick and easy, if Win98 is > installed first. So what you're telling me is that W98 is looking at the first partition (the FreeBSD partition) and objecting to it not being compatible even though it just finished formating the second partition? Trouble is, I'm happy with my FreeBSD installation and not anxious to redo it. :-( Thanks to all who replied...guess I'll just have to reinstall FreeBSD... Bob > > > On 28-Jan-00 Bob Willcox wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I was hoping someone out there might have a quick answer (or even a > > suggestion) to a delema I am having. I installed FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE > > on my Dell Inspiron 7000 notebook as the first partition and I am now > > attempting to install Windows 98 2nd Edition on the same 8GB disk as the > > second partition (I have about split the partitions evenly at just under > > 4GB each). > > > > Problem is that after Windows setup dutifully formats the 2nd partition > > it then claims that the format had an error and is not compatible. I > > have done this a couple of times so I'm quite certain that unless I come > > up with some new approach there's no sense in trying it again. :-( > > > > I apologize for the slightly off-topic nature of this post, but I'm > > much more of a FreeBSD/Unix person than Windows (which I avoid when > > possible) so I naturally thought to ask here first (and I suspect that > > if it wern't for FreeBSD already being on the disk the W98 install would > > work). > > > > Thanks, > > Bob > > > > -- > > Bob Willcox Idleness is the holiday of fools. > > bob@pmr.com -- Anonymous > > Austin, TX > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > ---------------------------------- > "if you believe in Nothing... > ...Honey, It believes in you." > > Chris Browning > brownicm@prokyon.com > XFMail on FreeBSD 3.2 28-Jan-00 > ---------------------------------- -- Bob Willcox Idleness is the holiday of fools. bob@pmr.com -- Anonymous Austin, TX To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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