From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 10 23:41:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id XAA17950 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 10 Feb 1996 23:41:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA17945 for ; Sat, 10 Feb 1996 23:41:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id SAA27596; Sun, 11 Feb 1996 18:11:19 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199602110741.SAA27596@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Installation With Drive Overlay To: lague@hargray.com (Lague) Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 18:11:18 +1030 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <311CBB9C.4EA2@hargray.com> from "Lague" at Feb 10, 96 10:37:00 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Lague stands accused of saying: > > I have something called "Drive Overlay" installed on my HD. It lets me > access my entire Hard Drive under MS-DOS. I am interested in installing > FreeBSD with BootEasy but am cautious. I believe, if I install > BootEasy, it will modify the boot record, correct? And If it does, will > I loose access to my DOS partition? Is there some workaround for this? > Maybe I could boot from the Dynamic Drive Overlay Partition and then it > would boot DOS? Your caution is well-placed. FreeBSD is almost certainly not compatible with this "Drive Overlay" product. Unfortunately, none of the FreeBSD developers has access to a machine using it, so compatability is not likely to be added in the near future. Installing FreeBSD will most likely result in an unbootable BSD partition (best case) or totally destroy your DOS partition(s) (worst case). Sorry. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "wherever you go, there you are" - Buckaroo Banzai [[