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From: suzi@sonic.nmti.com (susan totten)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Dual Boot
Date: 3 Jul 1996 16:09:47 GMT
Organization: OrgFreeware
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Distribution: world
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Reply-To: suzi@sonic.nmti.com (susan totten)
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>I just installed Windows 95 over my DOS partition -- and my dual boot 
>prompts upon booting (F1-DOS,F5-Other then F1-FreeBSD F5-other) are gone.
>Anyone know how to restore them?
>Thanks.
>JS

I just did this, and it was very quick and easy:

Boot DOS mode (not Win95), and run BOOTINST.EXE (available on the FreeBSD
installation CD or the FreeBSD FTP site).  It will install the FreeBSD
BootEasy boot manager for you.

--
Susan G. Totten
Bailey Network Management 
1601 Industrial Blvd.  Sugar Land, TX 77478
(713) 274-5000                suzi@nmti.com