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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!garlic.com!news.scruz.net!kithrup.com!news.Stanford.EDU!agate!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!news.cais.net!news.mathworks.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!newsgate.duke.edu!news.eff.org!sed.psrw.com!psinntp !psinntp!psinntp!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet2.news.uk psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Boot Manager Questions Date: 4 Jun 1996 15:56:56 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4p1iro$n5@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4ok7gv$d37@earth.alpha.net> <31adfdae.13807413@news.panix.com> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk SeVeN (push@panix.com) wrote: : >Also, I understand that I should partition the HD with the Boot : >Manager first, Windows second, and then either FreeBSD or OS/2. : >Sound right? : > : most OS needs to have their boot partition within the 1st 540megs of the HD. I : think to run 3 OS off the same HD you'll need to make sure that the boot Not quite - it depends on what your BIOS can understand. You can't boot an operating system that resides on a disk that can't be read before the OS is loaded. I suggested at one point that I would write an HPFS for FreeBSD. I failed. I got too bogged down understanding what a vnode was to actually get to the point. Jordan will know if anyone else has volunteered. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....