docs/54769: [patch] updates to FAQ

Ceri Davies setantae at submonkey.net
Wed Jul 23 10:10:19 UTC 2003


The following reply was made to PR docs/54769; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Ceri Davies <setantae at submonkey.net>
To: Josef El-Rayes <j.el-rayes at daemon.li>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: docs/54769: [patch] updates to FAQ
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 11:04:17 +0100

 On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 11:35:00PM +0200, Josef El-Rayes wrote:
 
 > 	(2)	i replaced windows 95/98 with 2000/XP which is more accurate,
 > 		most people use these versions now
 
 > @@ -1331,13 +1330,13 @@
 >  
 >        <qandaentry>
 >          <question id="windows-coexist">
 > -          <para>Can Windows 95/98 co-exist with FreeBSD?</para>
 > +          <para>Can Windows 2000/XP co-exist with FreeBSD?</para>
 >          </question>
 >  
 >          <answer>
 > -          <para>Install Windows 95/98 first, after that FreeBSD.
 > -            FreeBSD's boot manager will then manage to boot Win95/98 and
 > -            FreeBSD. If you install Windows 95/98 second, it will boorishly
 > +          <para>Install Windows 2000/XP first, after that FreeBSD.
 > +            FreeBSD's boot manager will then manage to boot Win2000/XP and
 > +            FreeBSD. If you install Windows 2000/XP second, it will boorishly
 >              overwrite your boot manager without even asking. If that
 >              happens, see the next section.</para>
 >          </answer>
 > @@ -1345,7 +1344,7 @@
 >  
 >        <qandaentry>
 >          <question id="win95-damaged-boot-manager">
 > -          <para>Windows 95/98 killed my boot manager!
 > +          <para>Windows 2000/XP killed my boot manager!
 >              How do I get it back?</para>
 >          </question>
 
 These changes are bogus; Windows 2000 (at least, I don't know about XP),
 like Windows NT, doesn't touch the boot manager.  You can install FreeBSD
 and Windows 2000 in whichever order you like.
 
 Ceri
 
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