From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 30 18:46:09 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA04118 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 30 Jan 1996 18:46:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA04103 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 1996 18:45:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id NAA17075; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 13:29:23 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199601310259.NAA17075@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Run BSD under DOS To: pbanks@candle.com (Paul Banks) Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 13:29:22 +1030 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <9600308230.AA823025889@SMTPGWY.CANDLE.COM> from "Paul Banks" at Jan 30, 96 08:58:24 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Paul Banks stands accused of saying: > > It is possible to load and run BSD from a DOS partition? > > For various reasons, I can not re-format my hard disk to create unique > partitions for BSD. I'm working on code to do this, but at this point in time you need to repartition. Note that you don't have to reformat, you can use a tool like FIPS to shrink your DOS partition to make room for FreeBSD. > Thanks -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "wherever you go, there you are" - Buckaroo Banzai [[