From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 31 03:14:18 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id DAA09581 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 31 Mar 1997 03:14:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id DAA09576 for ; Mon, 31 Mar 1997 03:14:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id DAA01001; Mon, 31 Mar 1997 03:14:13 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 03:14:13 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Adam Harrison cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Win95, Linux and FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <3333498B.2DFF@earthlink.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, Adam Harrison wrote: > I am running Linux and Windows 95 and I would like to add FreeBSD to my > system setup. How do I go about doing so? If I install FreeBSD will that > overwrite Lilo, making me unable to boot Linux? How do I safely (without > causing any headaches) add FreeBSD to my system. Is it better to run the > FreeBSD setup program from DOS or Linux? FreeBSD Setup runs from DOS or from a boot floppy. Unless you say so, it will save LILO, and don't forget you can't boot a partition outside of 1024 cylinders unless your BIOS supports it. > Thanks in advance. > Best Regards, > Adam Harrison > Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major