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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!wgb From: wgb@netcom.com (Bill Bosacker) Subject: Re: Installing 3 OSs on 1 PC Message-ID: <wgbD5IrK9.1FI@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <sdf-1403951120030001@macrbhyatawa.epri.com> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 06:04:57 GMT Lines: 25 Sender: wgb@netcom.netcom.com sdf wrote: : I was trying to install DOS-Windows, Windows NT and FreeBSD operating : systems on my PC. It is Gateway 2000 (P-90) with 1Gb IDE drive. : I successfully installed the following OSs as follow - : DOS-Windows on C: 350MB partition : Windows NT 3.5 on D: 350 MB partition : 320MB is unused partition : Then I tried to install FreeBSD from Walnut Creek CD, but FDisk could not : see the : unused partition as a separate partition, it recognizes the DOS (350 MB : partition) : and the second partition it recognizes is 680MB partition (Windows NT + : Unused partition) ! I have all 3 on my system on a 1G IDE drive plus a second 1G drive for data. I installed FreeBSD first for various reasons, mainly because if it screws up it tends to screw up the other partions in such a way they can't be repaired. Also, if you 1G drive is IDE you won't be able to install FreeBSD until the fix I submitted is incorporated into the system. Tok wth ya l8r......