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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!swing.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!inquo!nntp.uio.no!ifi.uio.no!nac.no!nntp-oslo.UNINETT.no!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!news.uit.no!stud.cs.uit.no!dagb From: dagb@stud.cs.uit.no (Dag Brattli) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Newbie: Can I dual boot Win95 and NetBSD/i386 ? Date: 8 Dec 1995 18:25:51 GMT Organization: University of Tromsoe Lines: 33 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4a9vvf$kpg@news.uit.no> References: <4a6jc6$jtg@access1.bt.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: diplom0.cs.uit.no In article <4a6jc6$jtg@access1.bt.co.uk>, duplaina@syntegra.bt.co.uk (Andy Duplain) writes: ] Hi, I am considering installing NetBSD-1.1/i386 on my PC at home, ]which currently has Windows 95 installed on drive C:. I would like to ]install NetBSD on drive D: and dual boot either Win95 (which itself can ]dual boot to DOS) or NetBSD. Can this be done ? ] ]TIA ] ]-- ]Andy Duplain, Syntegra, Brighton, UK. duplaina@syntegra.bt.co.uk ]Tel: +44 (01)273 762544 Fax: +44 (01)273 326475. Yes, try the os-bs135.exe program which can be found at: ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.1/i386/utils/ This program works great at least with one disk, i haven't tried it with two drives. With this program you don't need a separate boot partition. If you get problems with the bootblock, you can use the fdisk /mbr command to fix it. Win 95 can mess it up!! Hope this helps! dagb. -- //// Dag Brattli // Email: dagb@stud.cs.uit.no / /// University of Tromsoe // Phone: +47 776 44591 // // Dept. of Comp. Science // Office: A-034 /// / NORWAY N-9037 TROMSOE // Http://www.cs.uit.no/~dagb ////