From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 13 23:49:48 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA11043 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 13 Aug 1996 23:49:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from csd.cs.technion.ac.il (csd.cs.technion.ac.il [132.68.32.8]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA11034 for ; Tue, 13 Aug 1996 23:49:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from nadav@localhost) by csd.cs.technion.ac.il (8.6.11/8.6.10) id JAA03063; Wed, 14 Aug 1996 09:49:05 +0300 Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 09:49:05 +0300 (IDT) From: Nadav Eiron X-Sender: nadav@csd To: Kenny Hill cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 1st installing freebsd and 2nd installiing ms-dos In-Reply-To: <3210CDDB.56C8@surfsouth.com> 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 Tue, 13 Aug 1996, Kenny Hill wrote: > I would like to know if it is possible for me to install freebsd on my > system first, and then install ms-dos on the same hard disk. I have 1.2 > Gig. hard drive. I'm installing freebsd from cd-rom, and I'm using fdisk > editor to delete old dos partition and create new one for freebsd, while > saving space for another ms-dos installation. Will this work? > Kenny e-mail khill@surfsouth.com Thank Ya, > It is possible, but it is easier to first install DOS. If you decide to first install FreeBSD anyhow, you'll need to install the boot manager again after installing DOS (as it will blow up your boot record). To do that, look in the tools subdirectory on the CDROM (after installing DOS). It is easier, though, to first install DOS. Nadav