Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 11:27:27 -0800 From: "Heredity Choice" <stork@QNET.COM> To: "sanipcan" <sanipcan@blr.vsnl.net.in>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Multiboot Message-ID: <001c01c0525e$c0907530$2cc7ddd1@STORK> In-Reply-To: <000801c0522d$5a537a00$b9b0c5cb@x>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] The Microsoft boot manager can not handle non-Microsoft operating systems. FreeBSD has its own boot manager, Booteasy, which probably will not work properly in your case. If you have NT in the second partition, Booteasy will look for its boot files in the second partition. The problem is that NT will have left its boot files in the first FAT partition. I reported this as a bug, but am not aware that anything is being done to correct Booteasy. These problems vanish with System Commander, which can be bought from any software vendor. Paul Smith -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of sanipcan Sent: Sunday, 19 November, 2000 05:34 AM To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: I currently have win nt4.0 and win95 , and i have dual boot option ,if i install Bsd, wolud i get options to boot all the os i have. or should i use third party software. please help me. From Ramprasad bkrp@mailandnews.com [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.3800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#fffff0> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=896022418-19112000>The Microsoft boot manager can not handle non-Microsoft operating systems. FreeBSD has its own boot manager, Booteasy, which probably will not work properly in your case.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=896022418-19112000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=896022418-19112000>If you have NT in the second partition, Booteasy will look for its boot files in the second partition. The problem is that NT will have left its boot files in the first FAT partition.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=896022418-19112000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=896022418-19112000>I reported this as a bug, but am not aware that anything is being done to correct Booteasy.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=896022418-19112000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=896022418-19112000>These problems vanish with System Commander, which can be bought from any software vendor.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=896022418-19112000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=896022418-19112000>Paul Smith</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]<B>On Behalf Of</B> sanipcan<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, 19 November, 2000 05:34 AM<BR><B>To:</B> questions@FreeBSD.ORG<BR><B>Subject:</B> <BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I currently have win nt4.0 and win95 , and i have dual boot option ,if i install Bsd,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>wolud i get options to boot all the os i have.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>or should i use third party software. please help me.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ramprasad</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="mailto:bkrp@mailandnews.com">bkrp@mailandnews.com</A></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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