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From: nickf@ptd.net (Nick Folino)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Boot Manager
Date: 18 Apr 1997 00:32:23 GMT
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On Thu, 17 Apr 1997 14:56:57 GMT, S K I N N E R
<skinner@interactive.net> wrote:

>
>
>I currently have Free bsd 2.1.7 and about to upgrade to 2.2.1
>
>On My system I have drive C: windows 95 and Drive D: Linux
>I run System Commander on my system and I am able to boot fine into
>both of these systems. When I had Free BSD on my system I had it on
>Drive C with 95 and used the Boot Manager that came with the
>free BSD. I set it up with the small 95 partition and free BSD being the
>rest of the drive below 1024 cylinders. It worked great. However since a
>Crash and an Upgrade 95 became the Main C Drive. What I want to do is
>Install Free Bsd in my D Drive and Be Abel to boot sim to the way i
>have it set up with linux, but It will not work with system commander.
>And as far as i know it wont work with the Boot Manager that comes
>with free BSD. Does 2.2.1 Address this problem and if not does anyone
>have a suggestion I could follow?
>
>
>
>-skinner
>skinner@interactive.net

I run System Commander and it works fine.  Don't install the fbsd boot
manager and you should be fine.

Nick