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From: u646379@csi.uottawa.ca (Your name)
Subject: setting-up on a 3 HD system
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Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, University of Ottawa
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 93 22:55:08 GMT
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hello

	I want to install FreeBSD soon, but I have a question regarding  
what boot program I should use.  This is my projected setup:

IDE 1 (256MB):	DOS 6.0 partition (100%)
IDE 2 (105MB):  OS/2 2.1 HPFS partition (100%)
SCSI HD1(1.2GB):  Partition 1 (600MB) DOS 6.0
		  Partition 2 (600MB) FreeBSD

	I have been told to try OS-BS, but I have read in the FreeBSD  
installation notes that it cannot boot from a second HD.  Does the above  
set-up mean I can't use it?

Currently, my first IDE drive has 2 partitions:  Os/2's boot manager and  
the resst (255MB) is for DOS.  Can I use the boot manager to boot FreeBSD?
If not, what other boot managers will work with what I want to do?

Tx.,

William