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From: "Brian D. Salomon" <bsalomon@vt.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: FreeBSD w/ Win95; Need Help Installing
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 00:14:19 -0600
Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
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I'm new to both UNIX and running multiple OS's.  I've read
over the FAQ but not everything was clear.

I'm presently running Win95 and want to install FreeBSD.
My drive came partitioned with Win95 installed on "C:";
can I install FreeBSD on my "D:" drive without losing my 
C-drive data?  If so, how would I go about this?

A potential problem is that my drive is 2.5GB. Drive C has
2.1GB and drive D has been allocated 400MB.  I wasn't clear
on what the FAQ had to say about the problems of partitions
over 528MB.. Can I boot from a drive over this size?

If I ever get things running, will it be safe to access
the Win95 files from FreeBSD?

Many thanks for any help!

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Brian D. Salomon
bs@vt.edu