From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 6 13:56:02 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id NAA12924 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 6 Dec 1996 13:56:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from narcissus.ml.org (brosenga.st.pitzer.edu [134.173.120.201]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id NAA12911 for ; Fri, 6 Dec 1996 13:55:59 -0800 (PST) Received: (from ben@localhost) by narcissus.ml.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA05679; Fri, 6 Dec 1996 13:55:59 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1996 13:55:58 -0800 (PST) From: Snob Art Genre To: varshney@pacbell.net cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dual boot on pc? In-Reply-To: <32A88E8B.5132@pacbell.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 6 Dec 1996 varshney@pacbell.net wrote: > Hi I have two partitions on my pc that's running Win95 and NT (dual boot > configuration). I already have LINUX running on another 3rd partition, > however, I'm considering installing FreeBSD over the LINUX partition. > > Is it possible to, upon startup of the PC, have a choice of Win95/NT > and FreeBSD via a menu? LINUX has this LILO that enables such feature. Yes. FreeBSD's boot manager is called Booteasy. Or you can add FreeBSD to flexboot, the NT boot manager -- there are instructions in the FAQ at http://www.freebsd.org. > > Thanks > > email:varshney@pacbell.net > Ben The views expressed above are not those of the Worker's Compensation Board of Queensland, Australia.