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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD Boot Manager on OS/2 Dual Boot System?
Date: 30 Dec 1995 20:50:17 GMT
Organization: Private BSD site, Dresden
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Mark Valentine <mark@linus.demon.co.uk> writes:

> >Choose ``Let my MBR alone'' in the installation menu.
> 
> Are you confusing Dual Boot with the Boot Manager, or am I?  :-\

The boot manager is installed to the Master Boot record.  Well, of
course, you could still install it, but it doesn't make any sense.
(At least, i think that OS/2's boot manager is able to boot foreign
partitions, so why not use _it_ instead of booteasy to select your
system to boot?)

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)