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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!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!feed1.news.erols.com!news From: steranka@steranka.com (Patrick Steranka) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Dual booting between FreeBSDand Win95 Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 17:46:38 -0500 Organization: Erol's Internet Services Lines: 28 Message-ID: <MPG.d7006d522136c13989689@news.erols.com> References: <3301699f.14161936@nntp.sirius.com> <5e0ksu$d23@uuneo.neosoft.com> <5e1l73$fj4@news1.panix.com> <5e1t1j$itm@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> <5e2h53$ke2@news1.panix.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: col-as9s44.erols.com X-Newsreader: MicroPlanet Gravity v1.01 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35630 In article <5e2h53$ke2@news1.panix.com>, awnbreel@panix.com says... > In article <5e1t1j$itm@ui-gate.utell.co.uk>, > brian@ui-gate.utell.co.uk (Brian Somers) wrote: > >Michael R Weholt (awnbreel@panix.com) wrote: > >: Q1: Can I install FreeBSD on the second partition on Drive #1? > >: Should I? Or, should I put it on the first partition on Drive #2? > >: Or, no difference? > >A very slight difference, if you install on the second disk, make sure > >that you install a boot manager (the default FreeBSD one is ok). You'll > >be asked to press F5 followed by F1 (probably) if it's on disk 2. As a first time installer to FreeBSD and paranoid about what might go wrong I choose NOT to install the boot manager. I created a boot floppy and early in the boot sequence I type: sd(1,a)kernel to force the boot-process to look on my 2nd drive for the kernel. I'm not sure if this is at all "the right way to do it", but it has worked OK so far. And it had the benefit that most paranoid installers have. I was able to install on drive 2 without making any changes on drive 1. My two cents, -- Patrick Steranka steranka@steranka.com wk: 301-680-3343