Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 23:11:36 -0400 From: Jud <jud@myrealbox.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "Eric" <swive@getnet.com> Subject: Re: TRIPLE BOOT--fbsd/w98/w2k Message-ID: <ZXA0IH2VW4XZVP2UAKFOJUXPL42.3d1147e8@sparky> In-Reply-To: <LJEKLADNACECPPOMAFPHKEBFCAAA.swive@getnet.com>
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6/19/2002 11:43:36 PM, "Eric" <swive@getnet.com> wrote: >Hi, > >I currently have FBSd and W2K living in harmony. I am not sure which boot >loader I am currently using, but it is managing fine. I now want to add a >new partition in the beginning of my disk and install windows 98. however, >i am afraid i am going to wipe out freebsd--i mean make it unbootable. i am >using partition magic to make the new partition in the first 500mb of my >first hard drive. > >searching the archives, i see some nice tricks from recovering from mistakes >in this kind of procedure. however, I want to do it right from the >beginning. so i am inquiring now before i attempt the procedure. > >what is the proper way to add w98 to this os orgy? do i need to make a boot >disk floppy to make sure that, if all else fails, at least the floppy can >still boot my fbsd os? If I do indeed need to make a boot floppy, do I just >use the image at ><ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.4- RELEASE/floppies/>, or >do I need to do something different? > >(ps--i also have boot magic, if that would make things easier) >(pps--fbsd 4.4 release) > >thanks, > >eric The FreeBSD part of things will likely be the least problematic. Do lots of reading at MS's web site and in Partition & Boot Magic's help files re booting W98 with W2K. You certainly need to find out what you're using to boot right now. What does your present boot screen/menu look like? Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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