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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!data.ramona.vix.com!sonysjc!decwrl!tribune.usask.ca!missing.link.ca!not-for-mail From: Geoff Shukin <gps@link.ca> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Dual booting between FreeBSDand Win95 Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 20:07:25 -0800 Organization: Integritas Systems News Server Lines: 28 Message-ID: <3302937D.4B1C@link.ca> References: <3301699f.14161936@nntp.sirius.com> <3301DE31.41C6@sunflower.com> Reply-To: shukin@link.ca NNTP-Posting-Host: dial182.link.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (WinNT; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35421 Steve Spencer wrote: > > Nathan Johanson wrote: > > > > Hello > > > > Ii'm taking a class in Unix and would like to set up my PCr to dual > > boot between FreeBSD and Windows 95, but I'm unsure where to begin. I > > did plenty of searching--but so far, i've only come up with info on > > how to boot between win95 and the previous operating systems (DOS and > > win 3.1). > > > > Nathan, > > I'm assuming that you already have Win95 installed. You will have to partition your drive > such that Win95 doesn't take up 100% of the space. Reinstall Win95 (I gave it about 150 > megs out of 2 gigs but however you see fit) the install FreeBSD. Something to be aware of, > though. If your hdd has over 1024 physical tracks, the FreeBSD partition must start > somewhere within the first 1024 tracks. Anyway, good luck. > > What program would you use to choose between these two Operating systems? Thanks Geoff