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Date:      Tue, 11 Feb 2003 18:24:51 -0600
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1045441491.beb339@mired.org>
To:        miloman68@earthlink.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: running freeBSD with "other" OS's
Message-ID:  <15945.37971.202353.517408@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <41200323120155265@earthlink.net>
References:  <41200323120155265@earthlink.net>

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In <41200323120155265@earthlink.net>, miloman68 <miloman68@earthlink.net> typed:
> Just wanted to ask if it is possible (advisable) to configure my Windows XP
> machine with three separate primary partitions and run XP on one, FreeBSD
> on another, and RedHat Linux on the third.  I want to start "teaching"
> myself other OS's besides Windows, but need to keep XP on my home system
> for my families use.  Thanks in advance for your assistance.

I've got a box doing almost exactly that. I'm using Gentoo Linux, and
have two FreeBSD partitions - one for -STABLE and one for -CURRENT. I
use grub, from the FreeBSD ports tree, to boot whichever I need at
the time.

	<mike
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