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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-pull.sprintlink.net!news-in-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!204.117.192.21!news.utelfla.com!hobbes.crc.com!usenet From: "Dan Benjamin" <dpb@crc.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Can you install FreeBSD on a second hard drive? Date: 1 Jul 1997 13:34:20 GMT Organization: CRC Lines: 10 Message-ID: <01bc8623$8a3a86c0$34d392c0@beaker.hqs.crc.com> References: <5o8drq$2ui$1@usc.edu> <5oruvi$l82$1@hecate.umd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: beaker.hqs.crc.com X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1161 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43767 > : Can somebody quickly tell me if I can install FreeBSD on my second > : hard drive and if so what do I need to do? If not I would like to try > : LINUX which seems to work fine on any drive on any partition. Yes you can, and it's not a bios issue. The normal FreeBSD "Booteasy" can't always handle booting from a second drive, so you'll need osbs - from the tools directory on the CD. Just make sure you use the OS-BS BETA! You'll be all set.