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Date:      Sun, 19 Nov 2000 11:27:27 -0800
From:      "Heredity Choice" <stork@QNET.COM>
To:        "sanipcan" <sanipcan@blr.vsnl.net.in>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Multiboot
Message-ID:  <001c01c0525e$c0907530$2cc7ddd1@STORK>
In-Reply-To: <000801c0522d$5a537a00$b9b0c5cb@x>

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The Microsoft boot manager can not handle non-Microsoft operating systems.
FreeBSD has its own boot manager, Booteasy, which probably will not work
properly in your case.

If you have NT in the second partition, Booteasy will look for its boot
files in the second partition. The problem is that NT will have left its
boot files in the first FAT partition.

I reported this as a bug, but am not aware that anything is being done to
correct Booteasy.

These problems vanish with System Commander, which can be bought from any
software vendor.

Paul Smith
  -----Original Message-----
  From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of sanipcan
  Sent: Sunday, 19 November, 2000 05:34 AM
  To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
  Subject:


  I currently have win nt4.0 and win95 , and i have dual boot option ,if i
install Bsd,
  wolud i get options to boot all the os i have.

  or should i use third party software. please help me.

  From
  Ramprasad
  bkrp@mailandnews.com

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please help=20
  me.</FONT></DIV>
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  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ramprasad</FONT></DIV>
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