Date: Sun, 08 Mar 1998 21:02:15 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding a Boot-Mgr... Message-ID: <199803090502.VAA13161@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 09 Mar 1998 00:48:40 -0400." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980309004658.1722A-100000@thelab.hub.org>
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> > Until recently, I haven't had enough disk space in order to > install other operating systems, but just acquired a couple of extra > drives. I want to install Win95 onto one of them for the explicit purpose > of running Simply Accounting for the business. > > How do I, if I can, go about adding in a boot-mgr so that I can > dual boot? Windows 95 can only be booted from the first disk in the system, unless you invest in one of the commercial boot managers. Lots of people have recommended System Commander for this. The cheaper way of doing it: - Reconfigure your /etc/fstab so that FreeBSD will run as the second disk. - Reconfigure the disk that FreeBSD is on to be the second disk. - Install the new disk for W95 as the first disk, - Install W95 on it. - Put the 'bootinst.com' and 'boot.bin' files on a bootable DOS floppy (get them in the tools directory on any FreeBSD release disk), and use them to install booteasy on your first disk. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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