From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 22 22:17:04 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id WAA20250 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 22 Dec 1996 22:17:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (gatekeeper.barcode.co.il [192.116.93.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id WAA20240 for ; Sun, 22 Dec 1996 22:16:58 -0800 (PST) Received: (from smap@localhost) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (8.7.5/8.6.12) id IAA14696; Mon, 23 Dec 1996 08:17:27 +0200 (IST) X-Authentication-Warning: gatekeeper.barcode.co.il: smap set sender to using -f Received: from localhost.barcode.co.il(127.0.0.1) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il via smap (V1.3) id sma014694; Mon Dec 23 08:17:19 1996 Message-ID: <32BE2393.3029@barcode.co.il> Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 08:15:47 +0200 From: Nadav Eiron X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5 sun4m) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bryan Koen CC: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Win95 References: <3.0.32.19961222211502.00696c80@pop.mindspring.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Bryan Koen wrote: > > What is the proper order/way to install FreeBSD and Win95 so that they > co-exist peacefully? > > Bryan Koen > Engineer > MindSpring Enterprises What would usually work best is: 1.Partition your disk(s) into separate slices (partitions) for Win95 and FreeBSD (actually, create the Win95 slice, leaving enough space unpartitioned on the disk, unless you use separate disks). 2. Install Win95. 3. Install FreeBSD telling it to install the boot manager (BootEasy) on the first disk. That's it! For more info you may want to take a look at the tutorial at: http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/multios/multios.html Nadav