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From: phil.burden@zetnet.co.uk (Philip Burden)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: System Configuration / Boot Manager
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 18:06:28 GMT
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karlin@nacm.com (Scott Karlin) writes:
> I'd like to set up a dual boot machine (DOS/Windows and FreeBSD).
same config as me ;-)
> Does FreeBSD have a boot manager?
> (Assume I'd get the Walnut Creek CD-ROM)
yes..
> Can I use the OS/2 boot manager?
yes,I do.But I found after setting up BSD,even when instructing the
Freebsd install routine NOT to change the master boot record,it
did,and I had to run OS/2's Fdisk to reset Boot Manager as startable.
> If I can use either, which do you suggest?
I've not tried the Freebsd boot manager,so that has to be down to
personal selection..I like OS/2's boot manager,so I stayed with that.
> Can I have a DOS-formatted disk in my system that can be seen
> from both the DOS/Windows world and the FreeBSD world?
only the first partition on your first drive,if it's dos,can be seen
from bsd,if I read things right,as FreeBSD doesn't yet support
extended partitions.If I'm wrong,I feel sure someone will correct me ;-)
I currently have a 1.2Gig Eide drive,that's used by Dos & Windoze,and
a Scsi hd that houses OS/2 and FreeBSD.
P.