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Date:      Thu, 18 May 2000 15:52:34 -0700
From:      Jim Mock <jim@luna.cdrom.com>
To:        Tana Daniel <charle@network-one.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Booting from Windows
Message-ID:  <20000518155234.A17694@luna.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000518224029.AAA18229@gambit.ayrix.net@[205.229.37.2]>; from charle@network-one.com on Thu, May 18, 2000 at 05:37:33PM -0500
References:  <20000518224029.AAA18229@gambit.ayrix.net@[205.229.37.2]>

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On Thu, 18 May 2000 at 17:37:33 -0500, Tana Daniel wrote:
> Hello,

Hi,

> I was thinking about installing freebsd for my system. I understand
> that somehow you're supposed to create a "partition"(?) if you want to
> access windows..

Correct, FreeBSD needs to live on it's own parition.

> However, is there a way to ALWAYS boot into windows when you turn
> your computer on and then boot into freebsd os from that?

In a word, no.

> or do you always have to boot into freebsd?

If you install the boot manager when you install FreeBSD, you'll be
given a choice of what to boot into.  I.e., ``F1: DOS'' ``F2: FreeBSD''.
Choose the one you want to run at the time, and off you go.

> The reason for this is because my family uses the same computer and
> I'm the only one that will use freebsd.

Dual-booting should solve that problem.

- jim

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