Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 08:17:17 +0200 From: Thomas Widlundh <tw@ettnet.se> To: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> Cc: Phil Jourdan <philjor@quik.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: install doubts Message-ID: <372D3F6D.D1CFAF1@ettnet.se> References: <Pine.SC5.4.10.9905031004450.4517-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz>
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> > My fear is that if I install FBSD on a free partition (disk is 6.4 Gb > > partitioned in FAT disks of 500 Mb and one NTFS of 3 Gb) the FBSD boot > > manager will overwrite the C: (FAT) boot sector and I will have to > > reinstall the two Windows systems. Are my fears justified? > > Could you please clarify? > > Thank you in advance, > > The installation process will prompt you whether you want to install a > Boot-Manager. You should then choose the options that says in effect: > > "No. Leave it alone" Well, I had BootManager, and it disappeared totally. FBSD on disk one starts automatically, but Linux on disk two, I now have to start with diskette. Perhaps there is a possibility to reactivate the BootManager? Thomas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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