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Date:      Tue, 19 May 1998 15:23:04 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        "John H. Barbee" <jbarbee@pom-unix1.pomona.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: boot from mbr vs other partition
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980519152230.11841Y-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <9805182202.AA18748@pom-unix1.pomona.edu>

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On Mon, 18 May 1998, John H. Barbee wrote:

> Is it recommended to boot from MBR or from a DOS partition instead and
> not install boot managers? 

You can do it if you want.  I personally like using the boot manager since
it'll auto-reboot the system.

> I'm planning on running NT with FreeBSD

You can program the NT bootmanager to boot FreeBSD if it's on the same
disk.  See the FAQ.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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