Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 08:53:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: 106154.3334@compuserve.com Cc: all <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Install FreeBSD on win95 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960713085115.3438G-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199607130531_MC1-68C-BC5A@compuserve.com>
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On Sat, 13 Jul 1996 106154.3334@compuserve.com wrote: > I am preparing to install FreeBSD 2.1 on a win95 machine. I have used > FreBSD for a while on other machines running win3.1. I was just woundering > if any one had any information on problems/things to watch out for when > installing. If you reinstall Win95, it'll blow away the boot sector, thus the boot manager. Running /tools/bootinst.exe off the CD will restore it, or it's on ftp.freebsd.org in /pub/FreeBSD/tools. Also, most BIOSs won't let you boot anything past the 1024 cylinder mark, so make sure the root partition is below that. 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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