Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 18:11:18 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: lague@hargray.com (Lague) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation With Drive Overlay Message-ID: <199602110741.SAA27596@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <311CBB9C.4EA2@hargray.com> from "Lague" at Feb 10, 96 10:37:00 am
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Lague stands accused of saying: > > I have something called "Drive Overlay" installed on my HD. It lets me > access my entire Hard Drive under MS-DOS. I am interested in installing > FreeBSD with BootEasy but am cautious. I believe, if I install > BootEasy, it will modify the boot record, correct? And If it does, will > I loose access to my DOS partition? Is there some workaround for this? > Maybe I could boot from the Dynamic Drive Overlay Partition and then it > would boot DOS? Your caution is well-placed. FreeBSD is almost certainly not compatible with this "Drive Overlay" product. Unfortunately, none of the FreeBSD developers has access to a machine using it, so compatability is not likely to be added in the near future. Installing FreeBSD will most likely result in an unbootable BSD partition (best case) or totally destroy your DOS partition(s) (worst case). Sorry. -- ]] 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 [[
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