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From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
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Subject: Re: Does any one know if this will work?
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Oliver Wilson wrote:
> 
> Nadav Eiron wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Oliver Wilson wrote:
> >
> > > Nadav Eiron wrote:
> > >
	[snip]
> >
> > DISCLAIMER: I've never tried it and I take no responsibility for any loss
> > of data or functionality. Proceed at your own risk!
> >
> > Anyone ever had any experience with such a procedure?
> >
> > Nadav
> 
> While using the partition editor to create the FreeBSD slice from the
> DOS partition, should you set it as bootable? I'm thinking that the boot
> (active) flag is what determines what slice FreeBSD will boot from. If
> one chose not to set the slice as bootable, and bypassed the BootMGR
> setup, shouldn't the system boot from the original FreeBSD slice, which
> will be physically after the new FreeBSD slice?
> 
> I really would like to know!

I've never tried it. If you *really* want to know, I guess you (or
someone) will have to try it (tried it before?). However, see disclaimer
above.

> 
> Oliver Wilson
> -
> ¥
Nadav