From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 26 04:16:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA16464 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 26 Jun 1997 04:16:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from whqvax.picker.com (whqvax.picker.com [144.54.1.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id EAA16458 for ; Thu, 26 Jun 1997 04:16:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ct.picker.com by whqvax.picker.com with SMTP; Thu, 26 Jun 1997 7:15:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from elmer.ct.picker.com ([144.54.57.34]) by ct.picker.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA27032; Thu, 26 Jun 97 07:15:32 EDT Received: by elmer.ct.picker.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id HAA04518; Thu, 26 Jun 1997 07:13:56 -0400 Message-Id: <19970626071355.02299@ct.picker.com> Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 07:13:55 -0400 From: Randall Hopper To: Jeffrey Sheridan Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Win95-BSD Coexistance References: <2FE97ADF.57C9@mail.msy.bellsouth.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.76 In-Reply-To: ; from Steve Howe on Thu, Jun 19, 1997 at 01:50:17PM -0800 Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Steve Howe: |On Thu, 22 Jun 1995, Jeffrey Sheridan wrote: | |> I've read the FAQ. It says that FreeBSD and Windows95 can coexist, but |> it's not clear how they coexist. Does FreeBSD's boot manager allow you |> to select your OS at startup? Or does it run as an MS-DOS prompt under |> Win95 would run? | |if you are interested in boot procedure, read the linux howto |on booting. avoiding details, just make sure you install |freebsd after 95, so it's boot manager doesn't get |written over by 95. Alternatively, check out the FreeBSD multiboot tutorial at: http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/multios/multios.html And be sure to give OS/BS 2.0 a look. Its with the other tools at: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/tools It's called osbsbeta.exe. Randall Hopper