From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 1 22:42:59 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA16428 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 1 Sep 1997 22:42:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.sns.com (jack.sns.com [199.35.183.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id WAA16411 for ; Mon, 1 Sep 1997 22:42:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from speedy.pcscons.net by mail.sns.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #5) id m0x5ljd-00070aC; Mon, 1 Sep 97 22:42 PDT Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19970901224217.00718314@mail.sns.com> X-Sender: ludwigp@mail.sns.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Mon, 01 Sep 1997 22:42:17 -0700 To: Mark , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Ludwig Pummer Subject: Re: question regarding multiboot w/ windows NT In-Reply-To: <340B946B.E55B10DE@chcm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 11:22 PM 9/1/97 -0500, Mark wrote: >In the faq, section 8.7, there is a description of the boot.ini file >modified to include FreeBSD and Unix. We are advised to "copy the first >sector of your native root FreeBSD or Linux partition into a file in the >DOS/NT partition". How exactly is this done? >I have a new SCSI controller and drive, and I plan on having one >partition for DOS/NT and one for FreeBSD. I will be starting over from >scratch with fresh installs, and after installing, bringing over data >(zips, etc) from tape. Do you have any suggestions for a preferred >procedure? I have heard that putting NT on first would be good, since >Windows has a tendency to erase or otherwise mutilate other MBR data...? http://www.dorsai.org/~dcl/publications/NTLDR_Hacking/ has lots of info on configuring NT's bootloader for different OSes. And yes, install Windows 95/DOS first because it will wipe out your MBR. You _could_ put NT's MBR back in by using an NT recovery disk, but it's easier to just install Win95 first. --Ludwig Pummer ------------------------------------------------------------------ ludwigp@bigfoot.com ICQ UIN: 692441 http://chipweb.home.ml.org PGP Key & Geek Code available on web page ^-- Updated 07/01/97