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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Boot Manager Questions
Date: 4 Jun 1996 15:56:56 +0100
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SeVeN (push@panix.com) wrote:
: >Also, I understand that I should partition the HD with the Boot
: >Manager first, Windows second, and then either FreeBSD or OS/2.
: >Sound right?
: >
: most OS needs to have their boot partition within the 1st 540megs of the HD. I
: think to run 3 OS off the same HD you'll need to make sure that the boot

Not quite - it depends on what your BIOS can understand.  You can't boot an
operating system that resides on a disk that can't be read before the OS
is loaded.

I suggested at one point that I would write an HPFS for FreeBSD.  I failed.
I got too bogged down understanding what a vnode was to actually get to
the point.  Jordan will know if anyone else has volunteered.

--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....