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From: klo@digital.net (Kevin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Win95 and FreeBSD
Date: 31 Jul 1995 17:49:52 GMT
Organization: BoB's Etherial Void
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Ted Wisniewski (ted@oz.plymouth.edu) wrote:
: In article <3v97ga$8bu@feenix.metronet.com> sargo@metronet.com (sargo) writes:
: >I want to run WIN95 on my 1st 2 SCSI hard drives and FreeBSD on the 3rd. It
: >installs ok but the boot manager never shows up and Win95 comes up every time.
: Well, it is one of the *features* that Win95 gives you. It removes
: any boot manager that you may have. I guess Micro-Sloth it trying to
: make sure you can only use their product by making life difficult for any
: other OS.
All they do is modify the boot sector where the boot manager sits, therefore
erasing it (which is pretty mean, yes, but they don't care about anyone
else:). All you have to do is re-install the manager, and you'll have
FreeBSD back again.
The reason they modify it is so they can place their cuty little graphic
in and say "Starting Windows 95..."
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