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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!news.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!jraynard.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: james@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Have DOS, OS/2...how to install BSD? HELP! Date: 12 Jun 1996 21:17:58 -0000 Organization: A FreeBSD Box Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4pnc66$8p7@jraynard.demon.co.uk> References: <4pl35m$27i@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: jraynard.demon.co.uk In article <4pl35m$27i@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, MichaelGoe <michaelgoe@aol.com> wrote: >I currently have a C: and D: IDE drive with DOS and OS/2 Warp. I am >installing a 340 meg SCSI drive and would like to try out BSD. ( I >actually looked at Linux first but BSD seems more compatible with my >system.) > >I do no use a boot manger, but dual boot.... to change this would require >hours of rework I wish to avoid. Is there a way I could load BSD onto the >E:(SCSI) drive and simply boot from a floppy? Yes, just type (hd1, a)/kernel at the boot prompt (note this is after you've installed - just hit enter instead when you're doing the install to make it run the install program). -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland james@jraynard.demon.co.uk jraynard@FreeBSD.ORG