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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!uunet!199.60.229.3!newsfeed.direct.ca!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!Norway.EU.net!sn.no!vibes From: vibes@hipdrome.org (Jørn-Morten Innselset) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2.1,Win95 and Win NT Date: 6 Jun 1997 17:21:18 GMT Organization: SN Internett Lines: 19 Message-ID: <slrn5pghso.kq9.vibes@pc193.janco.sn.no> References: <01bc713e$f6e75cc0$f3937dc2@ns.indigo.ie> <slrn5pd9oi.i3r.vibes@pc193.janco.sn.no> <01bc729a$70c092d0$27366d81@masscomp> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc193.janco.sn.no X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.3.2 UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42533 On 6 Jun 1997 16:58:29 GMT, Ernest C. Hymel <ehymel@utmb.edu> wrote: >Definitely *not* true. Check out the FreeBSD FAQ at www.freebsd.org, I >think section 6.6, titled "How can I use the NT loader to boot FreeBSD?" >The approach noted there is straightforward, and relies on dd as you noted >for Linux. The catch is that if FreeBSD is not on your first disk, you'll >have to tell the FreeBSD boot routine where to look for your kernel *every* >time, using the command [snip] As the original poster wrote "Anyone know how to run BSD _directly_ from the NT Bootloader?" I believe my response was correct enough. Compared to your suggested solution he would probably be better off sticking with the BSD loader and NT loader combined. -- http://www.bs.bi.no/people/jinnsels/ vibes@hipdrome.org