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Date:      Tue, 28 Jul 1998 12:51:48 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Denis Z." <dzapped@techinter.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: first-time install
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9807281250420.21490-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <35BB6207.9357C6CE@techinter.com>

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On Sun, 26 Jul 1998, Denis Z. wrote:

> O.k I figured out how to get the file to my floppy and boot but am still
> un-clear how to install onto my machine with-out harming my current o.s.
> 
> this is what i want to do but not real sure how to:
> I have win95 on my c: drive and would like to install freebsd onto a
> portion of my d: or e:(since my second drive gets spit-up)drive allowing
> at start-up to choose between the 2 systems.If any-one could explain how
> to accomplish this that would be great.

You can't install FreeBSD to a DOS drive; it requires it's own slice type.
Use FIPS to split one of your drives up.  See
http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/multios/ for info.

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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