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From: michael imai <mikei@istar.ca>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Q: Can FreeBSD and NT coexist on the same computer
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 20:30:23 -0700
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I had freebsd coexisting with msdos, using the bsd boot loader.
I later added a second drive for nt. To boot to nt is a 2 step
process, the dos partition is chosen from the bsd loader, this 
kicks off the nt loader (choice of dos/nt). Freebsd is chosen directly
from the freebsd loader.

mike i.

stephen chan wrote:
> 
> Can someone tell me how I would go about
> installing FreeBSD in my machine and have
> it dual boot?
> 
> thanks
> stephen