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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!newshost.marcam.com!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!ensta!not-for-mail From: bouyer@ensta.fr (Manuel Bouyer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup Subject: Re: Booting NetBSD and Windows 95 - possible? Date: 11 Nov 1995 17:38:41 GMT Organization: Ecole Nationale Superieure de Techniques Avancees, Paris Lines: 24 Message-ID: <482n31$kp6@ici-paris.ensta.fr> References: <DHspwr.C35@iaw.on.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: chassiron.ensta.fr Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd:16748 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:1314 comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup:27675 Rick Byers (rickb@iaw.on.ca) wrote: > I'm planning on putting NetBSD 1.0/i386 on my computer at home. I'll be > botting dos as well, but I'd like to put Windows 95 on also. I know, I > know. I hate it - I really do - but some things require it so if I can > do it, it wouldn't hurt. > > I've heard that Win95 messes up the MBR, making it diffcult to multi-boot > with it. First of all, is this true? And secondly, is there any way to > boot Win95 with any other operating system, specifically NetBSD - or > Linux.? > > Thanks a lot, > Please respond (or CC) via e-mail incase I don't get a chance to check > the group. > I've just installed a p100 box with FreeBSD and win95. Sure win95 messes up the MBRQ, but you just need to reinstall it after win95 installation, and everything works. -- -- Manuel Bouyer, Ecole Nationale Superieure de Techniques Avancees, Paris email: bouyer@ensta.fr --