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From: cp@nick.nack.org (Colin Postel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Booting FreeBSD from NT boot manager?
References: <53tji4$925@bart.rogerswave.ca>
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In article <53tji4$925@bart.rogerswave.ca>, Mike Frisch wrote:
>        Does anybody know if it's possible to boot FreeBSD from the NT 
>boot manager?  Currently, I am booting FreeBSD from a floppy disk, but 
>it'd be great if I could put it on my boot manager menu.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Mike.
>
>
>======================================================================
>Mike Frisch                               Email: mfrisch@rogerswave.ca
>Northstar Technologies                 WWW: http://www.io.org/~mfrisch
>Newmarket, Ontario, CANADA                      Compuserve: 76620,2534
>
you should be able to get FBSD's BootEasy to go in front
of NT's boot manager..it works with '95, FBSD, and Linux
all on the same machine for me. just be careful about the
order in which you install your various boot managers.

-cp

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