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From: wgb@netcom.com (Bill Bosacker)
Subject: Re: Installing 3 OSs on 1 PC
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Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 06:04:57 GMT
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sdf wrote:
: I was trying to install DOS-Windows, Windows NT and FreeBSD operating
: systems on my PC.  It is Gateway 2000 (P-90) with 1Gb IDE drive.  

: I successfully installed the following OSs as follow -

: DOS-Windows on       C: 350MB partition
: Windows NT 3.5 on    D: 350 MB partition
: 320MB is unused partition

: Then I tried to install FreeBSD from Walnut Creek CD, but FDisk could not
: see the
: unused partition as a separate partition, it recognizes the DOS (350 MB
: partition)
: and the second partition it recognizes is 680MB partition (Windows NT +
: Unused partition) !

I have all 3 on my system on a 1G IDE drive plus a second 1G drive for data.  I
installed FreeBSD first for various reasons, mainly because if it screws up
it tends to screw up the other partions in such a way they can't be repaired.

Also, if you 1G drive is IDE you won't be able to install FreeBSD until the
fix I submitted is incorporated into the system.

Tok wth ya l8r......