Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 14:00:11 -0500 From: Nitebirdz <nitebirdz@uswest.net> To: The Classiest Man Alive <ksmm@threespace.com> Cc: newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing 2 OS's on seperate drives? Message-ID: <37430A3B.DF484B6C@uswest.net> References: <Pine.BSI.3.95.990519140207.9111E-100000@kalypso.cybercom.net>
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The Classiest Man Alive wrote: > > Interestingly enough, I don't think Windows 98 suffers from that same > problem. I have a setup where Windows NT and Windows 98 share a drive (in > that order), and Windows 98 is able to boot even though it doesn't use the > first partition on the first drive. I do believe 95 has problems starting > on the second disk/partition though. > > K.S. > > On Wed, 19 May 1999, Jukka Simila wrote: > > : Yes, but I believe Windows has to be on the first drive, I'm not > : absolutely sure but I have a feeling that when I some time ago did that > : kind of install, windows didn't boot if it weren't the first. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message I just checked the documentation for System Commander, and it seems to me that both Win95 and WinNT require to be installed in the first physical hard drive. Check these pages: http://www.v-com.com/support/osinstalls/notes/95notes.html http://www.v-com.com/support/osinstalls/notes/ntnotes.html http://www.v-com.com/support/osinstalls/osinstall.html Sorry, they did not offer any information on Win98, but I would assume that it behaves the same way as both Win95 and WinNT. Nitebirdz -- It's not too late to turn back from the "Gates" of Hell... Linux: the free 32-bit operating system, available NOW. Why waaaaaait for NT? (Brandon S. Allbery) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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