Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 18:41:43 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Sam Hays <sam@ecofl.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DualBoot issues Message-ID: <20000120184143.B340@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <002e01bf636a$7c646260$297631cc@ecofl.com> References: <002e01bf636a$7c646260$297631cc@ecofl.com>
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On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 11:19:18AM -0600, Sam Hays wrote: > Here's the whole deal, > > I have a primary and secondary HDD (1.6 and 1.2 respectively) - > on HD1 I have Windows NT , on HD2 I have Fat16 (which I'm using as a backup > drive right now) - > > What I'm wanting to do is, install freebsd on Drive 2 and somehow add it to > the NT boot.ini boot loader (if not, I suppose I will go with the FreeBSD > boot loader) See http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/admin.html#AEN1648 for details of how it's done. > - I need to know if freebsd 3.3 supports NTFS - Yes (read-only). > also, another scenario I'm worried about is - > Say I install BSD - suddenly NT Crashes NT crash?, Nah, never :^) > and I have to reload - fine - > NT always overwrites the MBR - thus making it (impossible?) hard to get into > BSD again w/out reinstalling - > can someone gimme some comments on all that? No problem. Since you're using the NT loader to boot FreeBSD you *need* the NT MBR in place. I've been triple booting Win95, NT4, and FreeBSD using the NT boot mangler for ages now. Works just fine. > thanks > -Sam > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- "there's a long-standing bug relating to the x86 architecture that allows you to install Windows too" -Matthew D. Fuller ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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