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From: jca@bighorn.accessnv.com (J.C. Archambeau)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD or Linux (with Win95)?
Date: 22 Jan 1997 01:57:43 GMT
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Peter Mutsaers (plm@xs4all.nl) wrote:

: >> On 20 Jan 1997 22:42:57 GMT, jca@bighorn.accessnv.com
: >> (J.C. Archambeau) said:

:     JCA> To have any sort of peaceful coexistance with any M$ OS you
:     JCA> need to install it prior to installing any Unix based OS.
:     JCA> Even M$-DOS will bit^H^H^Hcomplain if it's installed after
:     JCA> Unix.

: Not any: NT 4.0 doesn't modify the MBR.

But does it bit^H^H^Hcomplain if it's not installed first (i.e. first
physical partition)?
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