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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD/Win95 dual boot
Date: 1 Feb 1997 18:07:26 GMT
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Alex Marquardt <Intertec@Pair.Com> wrote:

> Is it possible to split my drive so I can have FreeBSD on one half and
> Win95 on the other. I would still like to be able to use both through a
> dual boot or something similar. Is this possible?

Yes.

Win95 doesn't like to co-exist with other systems, hence it clobbers
your boot selector.  Install it first, and FreeBSD afterwards.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)