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From: Geoff Shukin <gps@link.ca>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Dual booting between FreeBSDand Win95
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 20:07:25 -0800
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Steve Spencer wrote:
> 
> Nathan Johanson wrote:
> >
> > Hello
> >
> > Ii'm taking a class in Unix and would like to set up my PCr to dual
> > boot between FreeBSD and Windows 95, but I'm unsure where to begin.  I
> > did plenty of searching--but so far, i've only come up with info on
> > how to boot between win95 and the previous operating systems (DOS and
> > win 3.1).
> >
> 
> Nathan,
> 
> I'm assuming that you already have Win95 installed.  You will have to partition your drive
> such that Win95 doesn't take up 100% of the space.  Reinstall Win95 (I gave it about 150
> megs out of 2 gigs but however you see fit) the install FreeBSD.  Something to be aware of,
> though.  If your hdd has over 1024 physical tracks, the FreeBSD partition must start
> somewhere within the first 1024 tracks.  Anyway, good luck.
> 
>
What program would you use to choose between these two Operating
systems?

Thanks

Geoff