--On Tuesday, May 17, 2005 01:14:35 PM -0500 Paul Schmehl
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When I select FreeBSD, the box boots to a prompt, flashing F1 and goes no
further, periodically beeping.
Never mind. It was waiting for me to hit enter. Now all I have to do is
change the default boot to FreeBSD
So, I reinstalled w2k, first trying the repair option, which doesn't
provide the option to change the file system format from ntfs to fat,
then did a complete reinstall, formatting in fat32. Guess what? It did
not overwrite the boot sector, the original freebsd boot menu is still
there and still
On 2003-01-05 22:44, chip wiegand [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a box running fbsd/w2k but am considering replacing w2k with
win98. There are problems with wine not being able to run apps on w2k
partition properly, or at all. I realize if I install win98 it will wipe
out my boot partition,
Instead of installing w98, install w2k into a FAT32 partition.
That way wine will have RW access to the partition and everything
should work fine.
All you have to do after you re-install is install a boot loader..
either the standard freebsd boot loader, the w2k boot loader, or
even one that
On Sun, 5 Jan 2003 22:44:06 -0800, chip wiegand [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a box running fbsd/w2k but am considering replacing w2k with
win98. There are problems with wine not being able to run apps on w2k
partition properly, or at all. I realize if I install win98 it will wipe
out my boot
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jud
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 02:56 AM
To: chip wiegand; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: dual-boot question
On Sun, 5 Jan 2003 22:44:06 -0800, chip wiegand [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have
chip wiegand wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Any suggestions on how to install win98 without wiping out the boot
partition, or how to recreate the dual-boot menu?
1) Use a utility to save a copy of your MBR to disk, and then restore
it after the Win98 install.
2) Install Win98, and then use a
