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From: amigus@cs.mun.ca (Adam Migus)
Subject: Re: Installing DOS on FreeBSD Drive
Message-ID: <1996Jun8.045040.9320@cs.mun.ca>
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sam136@alf.usask.ca (Scott Arthur Muma) writes:

>I know this borders on blasphemy, but is it possible to install DOS on a 
>drive containing FreeBSD.  We have partitioned or drive into two halves 
>when we installed FreeBSD.  Is it easy or possible to install DOS into 
>the second partition or does it need to be at the start of the disk?  I 
>know the documentation says how to do it the other way around, but it's 
>too late for that.  Thanks in advance

>Scott

DOS Must exist on the first partition of the first disk, otherwise it won't
boot.
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