Date: Wed, 1 May 1996 11:33:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: wayne tamagi <wtamagi@unixg.ubc.ca> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Running Freebsd and Windows 95 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960501113202.10061L-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3186CCBC.5BBB@unixg.ubc.ca>
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On Tue, 30 Apr 1996, wayne tamagi wrote: > I am interested in installing FreeBsd on my PC system. I am already > running Windows 95 and I would like to know how I can run both operating > systems. I read some of your FAQ's and the answer to my question was > quite vague. My hard drive is already partitioned, so my guess I would > run Windows 95 on the C: drive and FreeBsd on my D drive. Is this > correct? And if so, how do I toggle the boot up at the beginning of the > boot up sequence. Again I am assuming the Boot Manager at the beginning > will prompt whether to run FreeBsd or Windows 95. I am very excited to > try our your product but I would like to avoid buying another computer > system to run FreeBsd. I know that would be a better option. Thanks. Yes, you can run both. You will have to install the Boot Manager to the first disk yourself, but that isn't hard. The necessary utils are in /tools on the CD or the ftp site. Other than that, it should be quite smooth. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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