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Date:      Tue, 26 Aug 1997 19:22:51 -0700
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
To:        Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc:        steve and carol <stephen.jarvis5@virgin.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: bsd and slackware
Message-ID:  <34038F7B.61133CF4@whistle.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970826181025.4178B-100000@localhost>

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Doug White wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 26 Aug 1997, steve and carol wrote:
> 
> > hello there
> >       I currently have a version slackware(in text form only) on my pc
> > In order to use it I use something called the umsdos filesystem which
> > allows me to have linux on an unaltered dos partition.Can you have free
> > bsd on a normal dos partition or wouls I have to format the disk to
> > create a bsd specific file system and structure
> 
> You'll have to repartition your disk, FreeBSD requires it's own slice.
> 
> Doug White                              | University of Oregon
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this is not quite true....

you could do the following:
boot the boot floppy
choose the 'fixit' option
mount the dos partition.
..



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