Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 11:43:08 -0400 (EDT) From: John Brann <jbrann@panix.com> To: 106154.3334@compuserve.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org (freeq) Subject: Re: Install FreeBSD on win95 Message-ID: <199607131543.LAA03875@jbrann.dialup.access.net> In-Reply-To: <199607130531_MC1-68C-BC5A@compuserve.com> from "106154.3334@compuserve.com" at "Jul 13, 96 05:31:19 am"
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106154.3334@compuserve.com wrote... > Hi there, > I am preparing to install FreeBSD 2.1 on a win95 machine. I have used > FreBSD for a while on other machines running win3.1. I was just woundering > if any one had any information on problems/things to watch out for when > installing. > > Thanks, > Turlough. > No, nothing unusual. FreeBSD will be able to see the Win95 partition, as per a DOS partition, but you won't see long file names. If you have to re-install Win95 for any reason, it will overwrite the boot manager with its own boot sector. You can get around this by reloading booteasy. Good luck, John -- Beavis and Butt-Head; Vladimir and Estragon for the '90s. finger jbrann@panix.com for pgp public key
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