Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 20:44:31 -0800 (PST) From: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org> To: Edward Ing <edward.ing@utoronto.ca> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Comment on whether this dual-booting scheme will work, NT/FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961125203236.17707D-100000@narcissus.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <329A121A.967@utoronto.ca>
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On Mon, 25 Nov 1996, Edward Ing wrote: > I am considering installing NT workstation and FreeBSD on one machine. > Before I go and do the dual-boot I would like to know whether it > is going to work or not, before I crash everything. I have this setup. It works. > According to NT installation manuals, NTLDR (NT loader) is run > from MBR, which in turn starts the NT loading process, which includes > the bit that lets you decide between booting NT and Dos. > > I was thinking of making booteasy point to NTLDR. Does booteasy > modify the MBR so that I can load, amount other things, FreeBSD > boot, and NTLDR? Thus, will this plan work? When you choose DOS from booteasy, flexboot comes up. This is assuming you installed WinNT first, as I did. > If this plan does not work I am planning to use Richard Brooksby' > scheme(questions@, Sep 1995)? In this case > where do I find the FreeBSD boot sector? I can't find it right now but I believe the answer to that is somewhere in the docs on the CD. > All comments will be appreciated. > Edward Ing > Ben
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