Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 10:23:21 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Erik Nguyen <enguyen1@themall.net> Cc: support@cdrom.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installing FreeBSD boot manager to work with Win 95 Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970214102234.1369E-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <32F2EB55.15F0@themall.net>
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On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, Erik Nguyen wrote: > Hi I used to able to access both of my OS from FreeBSD boot manager when > I was using Windows 3.11. Since I installed Win95 and RE-INSTALLED > FreeBSD afterward (w/ the boot manager installed as well) I couldn't no > longer access to BSD. As soon as the system come up it goes straight to > Win95. And if I hit F8 and choose Dos OS then all it gave me is Dos 6.2 > OS environment. Whatever happened to FreeBSD boot manager? How come the > software didn't kick in before Win 95 starts? Windows95 flushed the boot manager. Reinstall it by running 'bootinst.exe' off the CDROM, or download it and 'boot.bin' from ftp.freebsd.org. Boot to a DOS 6.x floppy and run it and BootEasy will be restored. This is known Win95 behavior. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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