From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 25 20:44:52 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA08109 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 25 Nov 1996 20:44:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from narcissus.ml.org (brosenga.st.pitzer.edu [134.173.120.201]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA08099 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 1996 20:44:38 -0800 (PST) Received: (from ben@localhost) by narcissus.ml.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA17775; Mon, 25 Nov 1996 20:44:31 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 20:44:31 -0800 (PST) From: Snob Art Genre To: Edward Ing cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Comment on whether this dual-booting scheme will work, NT/FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <329A121A.967@utoronto.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 25 Nov 1996, Edward Ing wrote: > I am considering installing NT workstation and FreeBSD on one machine. > Before I go and do the dual-boot I would like to know whether it > is going to work or not, before I crash everything. I have this setup. It works. > According to NT installation manuals, NTLDR (NT loader) is run > from MBR, which in turn starts the NT loading process, which includes > the bit that lets you decide between booting NT and Dos. > > I was thinking of making booteasy point to NTLDR. Does booteasy > modify the MBR so that I can load, amount other things, FreeBSD > boot, and NTLDR? Thus, will this plan work? When you choose DOS from booteasy, flexboot comes up. This is assuming you installed WinNT first, as I did. > If this plan does not work I am planning to use Richard Brooksby' > scheme(questions@, Sep 1995)? In this case > where do I find the FreeBSD boot sector? I can't find it right now but I believe the answer to that is somewhere in the docs on the CD. > All comments will be appreciated. > Edward Ing > Ben