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#! rnews 1525 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!skypoint.com!usenet From: Troy Barlow <tbarlow@skypoint.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Win95 - Doh! Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 17:02:18 -0600 Organization: SkyPoint Communications, Inc. Lines: 37 Message-ID: <31323BFA.54E6@skypoint.com> References: <4gr13k$ev6@stout.entertain.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dial145.skypoint.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win95; I) Darryl Watson wrote: > > Boy is my face red... > > I have FreeBSD 2.1R which was co-existing happily with DOS 6.22 and WFW. > I foolishly upgraded the WFW side with Win95, and now (of course) I don't > have multiple booting options. > > Does anyone know how to get Win95 back into multi-boot mode, or how to > reinstall FreeBSD's multiple boot scheme (which I like better)? > > Thanks in advance! Sure. Do this: from root c:\ attrib -r -h -s msdos.sys edit msdos.sys Add the lines: [Options] Logo=0 BootGUI=0 save msdos.sys attrib +r +h +s msdos.sys Enter windows dir rename or delete logos.sys & logow.sys The machine will boot into dos, NOT WINDOWS To run windows just type "win" When you exit windows, you will be back in dos And the stupid windows boot logo will be history! Note too that the FreeBSD booter wont hurt windows since windows 95 dont change the MBR.