Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1996 15:47:08 -0400 (EDT) From: John Brann <jbrann@panix.com> To: mnewton@io.org (Malcolm Newton) Cc: questions@freebsd.org (freeq) Subject: Re: windows NT and Freebsd on same pc Message-ID: <199606301947.PAA09326@jbrann.dialup.access.net> In-Reply-To: <199606292327.TAA01003@io.org> from Malcolm Newton at "Jun 29, 96 07:27:47 pm"
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Malcolm Newton wrote... > On a new pc I need NT and freebsd on the same drive. NT to test out commerce > server stuff etc and freebsd as a fast switch backup to our server. > on a 1.6gb drive I would assume that I should put nt first (1gb) and freebsd > in the last 600Mbyte. I guess I can run fdisk from nt to switcth active > partitions. > Any better ideas ?????? > > ta muchly > Malcolm Newton President > mnewton@io.org http://www.io.org/~mnewton > VisiSoft Corp 2155 Dunwin Dr unit 6, Mississauga,Ont. Can L5L 4M1 > (905) 607 6263 (905) 607 6122 fax > Install the Boot manager which comes with FreeBSD. It works fine with NT. You'll be prompted during installation to decide whether you want it or not. Remember that the FreeBSD kernel has to be below cylinder 1024 when partitioning... John -- Beavis and Butt-Head; Vladimir and Estragon for the '90s. finger jbrann@panix.com for pgp public key
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