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Date:      Wed, 5 Feb 1997 18:04:30 +0200 (IST)
From:      Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
To:        Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com>
Cc:        Brent Russell <brrussel@vt.edu>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: installation
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970205180344.2646A-100000@gatekeeper.barcode.co.il>
In-Reply-To: <199702051523.IAA08891@obie.softweyr.ml.org>

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On Wed, 5 Feb 1997, Wes Peters wrote:

> Brent Russell writes:
>  > I currently run Windows95 on a single DOS partition. Should I install
>  > WindowsNT 4.0, or FreeBSD 2.1.6.1 first? Will it make a difference?
> 
> If you install FreeBSD last, it will install the BootEasy boot manager,
> which will identify and allow you to boot all three OS's.  If you
> install NT last, you'll simply need to re-install BootEasy from the
> FreeBSD cdrom after you've installed NT.  I'd go with installing FreeBSD
> last.

You can also install NT last and use the NT boot loader to load FreeBSD, 
instead of the FreeBSD booteasy boot manager. Look in the FAQ, there is 
one about loading FreeBSD with the NT boot loader.

> 
> -- 
>           "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
> 
> Wes Peters                                                       Softweyr LLC
> http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr                       softweyr@xmission.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
Nadav



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