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From: wdespe@MCS.COM (Wilfred Despe)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: [Newbie] FreeBSD with OS2/Linux/DOS?
Date: 24 Jan 1995 16:46:08 -0600
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chris@air.org (Chris Lo) writes:
>I'm soon install FreeBSD, currently I've OS/2 Boot Manager happily
>configuried to boot DOS/OS/2 and Linux. I'd like to know if I can
>boot FreeBSD the same way thru' OS/2. The FAQ doesn't mention this,
>so I had to post it here. (No, I'ven't put it much time to search
>for other doc, though).

In short:  YES.

I had a setup similar to yours.  I was running DOS, OS2 Warp and Linux.
I also was using Warp's Boot Manager.  Recently I replaced my Linux
partitions with FreeBSD while keeping OS2's Boot Manager rather than
using the other alternatives.  (I guess my motivation is that OS2 Bootman
is much prettier).  Incidently, FreeBSD is located on my second HD...while
the bootmanager is located on the first drive.

I pretty much set it up like setting up Linux...meaning I made a partition
under OS/2 and added it to the Boot Manager first before installing (so
OS/2's boot manager could find it).

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Wilfred J. Despe	 Oh man...this web page sucks...please don't look...	
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