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Date:      Mon, 7 Aug 2000 19:26:54 +0100
From:      Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org>
To:        James Felix Black <jfb@visi.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Booting FreeBSD and W2k
Message-ID:  <20000807192654.D254@parish>
In-Reply-To: <q5q4s4xt7sp.fsf@isis.visi.com>; from jfb@visi.com on Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 10:22:46AM -0500
References:  <q5q4s4xt7sp.fsf@isis.visi.com>

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On Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 10:22:46AM -0500, James Felix Black wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm wondering how best to boot both FreeBSD (4.1) and Windows 2000.
> It seems that 2000 interferes with any and all boot managers (go
> figure!), and short of booting off of floppy, my BSD system appears to
> be unreachable.
> 
> Is booting off of floppy my only recourse?  If so, is there a document
> that details what I will have to do to create a custom boot floppy?
> 

Someone mentioned (here on -questions I think) a long time ago that
the W2K boot manager worked the same way as the NT one and they had
NT, W2K, and FreeBSD all booting from the W2K boot menu.

I can't find the post anymore (I had kept a copy) but if you look at
http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/admin.html#AEN2138 it may help. Also
http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/multi-os/index.html

HTH

> Thanks in advance,
> (jfb)
> 
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