XP + FreeBSD

[clayton rollins]

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On June 6, 2004, <David.Annetts at 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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