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Date:      Thu, 24 Oct 1996 18:22:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Kyle Hellewell <andrew@MNSi.Net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: coexistance with DOS
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.961024182218.14557B-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <326FE6FC.1950@mnsi.net>

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On Thu, 24 Oct 1996, Kyle Hellewell wrote:

> Hi!  I'd like to know if it's possable to have freebsd coexist with Dos,
> on one partition.  I know with Linux, it defaults to useing a boot disk
> which makes this _very_ easy.  Will freebsd do the same, or can it be
> told to boot only off a boot disk?

No.  FreeBSD requires it's own slice.

You can use several utilities (the free FIPS or commercial Partition
Magic) to split FAT partitions.

> 
> Thanks,
>   Kyle Hellewell
> 

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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