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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!portc01.blue.aol.com!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!newstand.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp.uio.no!news.apfel.de!fu-berlin.de!IN-Berlin.DE!fub!mind.de!nostromo.in-berlin.de!ripley From: ripley@nostromo.in-berlin.de (H. Eckert) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: questions about freebsd Date: 1 Feb 1997 03:37:47 GMT Organization: Private access site (FreeBSD 2.1-R), Berlin, Germany, Europe Lines: 21 Message-ID: <slrn5f5ekb.ej.ripley@nortobor.nostromo.in-berlin.de> References: <5cp03g$esq@news.gwis.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: nortobor.nostromo.in-berlin.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: slrn (0.8.8.2 UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34850 scout@gwis.com (Scout): > I was just wondering if freebsd would install on my computer. > Currently I have 2 separate harddrives both using an ontrack disk > manager when i boot my computer. My bios is from 93 and has that > limitation on how big the harddrives can be. My first hd is 2.5 > gigs and the second is a 850. Well, my BIOS is even older (1992) and I have OnTrack installed, too. (OnTrack came together with my 2gig Seagate IDE drive). The system is working just fine. I had some quarrels with the default boot selector that could be cured by installing the other bootmanger (OS-BS). In case it matters the drive came with OnTrack V7.xx Greetings, Ripley -- H. Eckert, 10777 Berlin, Germany ISO 8859-1: Ä=Ae, Ö=Oe, Ü=Ue, ä=ae, ö=oe, ü=ue, ß=sz. "(Technobabbel)" (Jetrel) - "Müssen wir uns diesen Schwachsinn wirklich anhören?" (Neelix)