Re: XP + FreeBSD

From: clayton rollins (crollins666_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/07/04

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Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 18:02:00 +0000

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    On June 6, 2004, <David.Annetts@csiro.au> wrote:
    >
    >Hi,
    >
    >This has probably been answered before, but I was unable to find
    >explicit confirmation.
    >
    >The installation guide (2.5.3) states that "You now have the option to
    >install a boot manager. In general, you
    >should choose to install the FreeBSD boot manager if:
    >
    > *You have more than one drive, and have installed FreeBSD onto a
    >drive other than the first one.
    > *You have installed FreeBSD alongside another operating system on
    >the same disk, and you want to choose whether to start FreeBSD or the
    >other operating system when you start the compute"
    >
    >Will installing FreeBSD's boot manager render my exisiting XP
    >installation inoperable? I have been down this route with Linux in the
    >past with the result that my NT partition was unusable after Linux
    >installation.
    >
    >Many thanks,
    >
    >Dave.
    >

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