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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!cancer.vividnet.com!hunter.premier.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!arclight.uoregon.edu!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: newbie question on installation Date: 24 Sep 1996 23:39:08 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 24 Message-ID: <529nuc$koc@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <Dy1nBJ.90G@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> <R.3244C259.3F54BC7E@FreeBSD.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh@FreeBSD.org) wrote: : Reposting article removed by rogue canceller. : 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. :-) Interestingly enough, Windows NT 4 overwrites the MBR while installing, but then has the decency to put it back the way it found it when it finishes ! I didn't keep track of the active flag - it probably changed that ! This is the first MS OS I've seen that doesn't think it's the only thing on the machine !!! -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....