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From: james@parody.tecc.co.uk (James Raynard)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: System Configuration / Boot Manager
Date: 18 Jan 1996 01:37:06 -0000
Organization: A FreeBSD box
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References: <4de4pf$79i@news.nacm.com> <4dgps6$e7j@irk.zetnet.co.uk> <30FD23CC.66F05ED8@bob.sc.colostate.edu>
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In article <30FD23CC.66F05ED8@bob.sc.colostate.edu>,
Mike Loseke  <mike@bob.sc.colostate.edu> wrote:
>Has anyone tried using NT's loader to boot FreeBSD?

I tried (although not very hard) and failed 8-)

If you install FreeBSD (complete with boot manager) on a system that
already NT, selecting the NT partition in the FreeBSD boot manager will 
cause the NT loader to start up. This is the exact opposite of what you 
asked for, but much easier IMO.

James
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