*BSD News Article 59604


Date: 13 Jan 1996 23:04:06 CST
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
From: Carmona@gw2kbbs.com (Carmona)
Message-ID: <82159224712030@kevsbbs.gw2kbbs.com>
Organization: Gateway 2000 Online Information Network
References: <4cka3q$70a@panix.com>
Subject: Re: DOS/FreeBSD/Linux on a single machine, possible?
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MI>Advice is sought in setting up a system which will have DOS,
MI>FreeBSD and Linux installed and it should be able to alternatively
MI>run them (via boot manager, if possible). The machine is
MI>Pentium/90 with 500MB IDE and 1GB SCSI drives.

MI>Questions:

MI>-- any reasons it's a bad idea?
MI>-- sequence the OS installations?
MI>-- which hard drive should be the primary one?

MI>Thanks!

MI>-- 
MI>mikhail

Hello:

     It is posible to do that.  I have a P-120 with 16MB of RAM, 1GB
IDE HD as the master drive, 540 IDE HD as the slave drive and a ATI 32
with 2MB.  First I partitioned the master drive with FDISK.  The
primary partition has to be the one with Windows 95 (or DOS).  If you
put it in any other place it won't start.  Then you format the first
partition with FORMAT C:/S.  After that you start the installation of
Windows 95.  Then you have to install the operating system that has the
boot manager, like LINUX and OS/2.  If you have OS/2 make the other
partitions with its FDISK, is really good and easy to install the boot
manager.  If you don't then use LINUX's FDISK.  After installing the
operating system with the boot manager, install the boot manager.  If
you're using LINUX be sure to install LILO (LINUX loader) in LINUX's
partition.  Then install any other operating systems in other
partitions.  After installing other operating systems you have to book
with the one that has the boot manager and add the new OS to the boot
manager's menu.

     If you have any other questions or problems feel free to mail me. 
My name is Oscar Rodriguez.  I live in Puerto Rico (puertorrican of
coz).  I'm a computer nerd and hacker.  Right now I'm learning Windows
95 programming.  I'm also writing a library for game programming in
assembler.  What else...?  I'm 22 years old, in my last year of
Computer Science, and make Trival, New wave, Industrial and House music
in my PC.  Hope to here from you soon.

               ---=  Oscar  =---
ps.
     I'm waiting for my CDROM copy of FreeBSD 2.1.  I wonder what's
keeping Greek CDROM.