From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 5 22:38:15 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AD4B37B401 for ; Sun, 5 Jan 2003 22:38:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from ren.sasknow.com (ren.sasknow.com [207.195.92.131]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CF8243EC2 for ; Sun, 5 Jan 2003 22:38:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Received: from earl.sasknow.net (earl.sasknow.net [207.195.92.130]) by ren.sasknow.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h066cC001625; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 00:38:12 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Received: from ren (ren.sasknow.com [207.195.92.131]) by earl.sasknow.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h066cCCL066006; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 00:38:12 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 00:38:12 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson To: chip wiegand Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: dual-boot question In-Reply-To: <20030105224406.40181800.chip@wiegand.org> Message-ID: <20030106003612.F74359-100000@ren.sasknow.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Audit: Email processed by earl.sasknow.com filter Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG chip wiegand wrote to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org: > Any suggestions on how to install win98 without wiping out the boot > partition, or how to recreate the dual-boot menu? 1) Use a utility to save a copy of your MBR to disk, and then restore it after the Win98 install. 2) Install Win98, and then use a pair of FreeBSD boot disks to access sysinstall and install the default boot manager. 2 is probably quicker, unless you've done something magical and bizzare with your MBR. - Ryan -- Ryan Thompson SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com 901-1st Avenue North - Saskatoon, SK - S7K 1Y4 Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-244-7037 Saskatoon Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message