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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 'retro-fitting' a system with a boot manager
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 05:10:42 -0700
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To: James Falkner <jhf@cis.ufl.edu>

James Falkner wrote:
> c: or d: (win95 or freebsd).  Can I retro-fit my win95 hard drive
> with a boot manager, and if so, how?

See the tools/ subdirectory of any major FreeBSD release (say, 2.1R) on
CDROM or FTP site.  You'll find a utility there called BOOTEASY - run it
under DOS and it'll install a boot manager for you.
-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  President, FreeBSD Project