From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 9 21:25:37 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA05402 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 9 Jul 1996 21:25:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu ([128.223.186.250]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id VAA05397 for ; Tue, 9 Jul 1996 21:25:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id VAA01778; Tue, 9 Jul 1996 21:26:05 -0700 Date: Tue, 9 Jul 1996 21:26:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Juan Savioli cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Win 95 +FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <96Jul5.074629gmt.39681@gateway.dhi.dk> 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 Fri, 5 Jul 1996, Juan Savioli wrote: > I have a PC with Windows 95 and I want to install FreeBSD. > I checked in the FAQ, and they say I install Windows 95 > first and then FreeBSD. But what does it mean? I have to > go to the DOS prompt and install it as if I were in DOS, > or in another way. You're OK. That advice is if you are totally reinstalling everything. Win95's setup overwrites the boot sector, where to boot manager goes. Installing it first circumvents that problem. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major