Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 16:34:25 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: rose@puma.phx.mcd.mot.com (Scott Rose) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on a Windows NT system questions. Message-ID: <199604082334.QAA03444@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199604082148.OAA28561@puma.phx.mcd.mot.com> from "Scott Rose" at Apr 8, 96 02:48:03 pm
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> I am planning to get a Pentium based Windows NT system and wanted > to use FreeBSD on it as well. I am not sure how the Windows > file system structure will relate with the FreeBSD file system. > > Do I need a separate partition for FreeBSD? Yes. Starting below cylinder 1024. > Will it work on a DOS file system or do I need a separate hard > disk? It will work as a DOS partition. It can mount (but not boot off of -- yet) DOS partitions. > Can I easily choose between booting FreeBSD or Windows NT? Yes. See the handbook about using the NT boot manager to boot FreeBSD; it is online at www.freebsd.org. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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