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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: newbie question on installation
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 21:36:41 -0700
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To: "K. Zhang" <kzhang@watsci.uwaterloo.ca>

K. Zhang wrote:
>         I recently bought a PC with 32M memory and 1.7G hard drive. I
> want to install FreeBSD and Windows95 on it. Is there a particular order
> that I should follow? And any particular pitfalls I must be aware of?
> 
> Keqing

You will want to install FreeBSD second as Win95 has the annoying habit
otherwise of wiping out your boot manager. :-)
-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  President, FreeBSD Project