Subject: Re: NetBSD + WinXP = peaceful coexistance?
To: Bryan P <u1@terran.org>
From: Charlie Allom <charlie@rubberduck.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 10/15/2002 21:34:51
On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 01:18:41PM -0700, Bryan P wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a new laptop on which I'd like to dual boot XP and NetBSD.  I have
> XP on it now, and am about to resize the NTFS partition to set aside space
> for NetBSD.  However... this will actually be my second attempt at a dual
> boot installation.  The first attempt ended in the NetBSD install trashing
> my XP setup - at least, I couldn't boot XP.  It may have been my fault (see
> below), but I'd like to hear some "I did this and it worked for me" stories
> to bolster my confidence.

<bolster>

My setup is a compaq desktop with (a few upgrades now) to 1-6 with XP
Pro on the first partition, then NetBSD, then FAT32 ..

I used the NetBSD loader and it works fine. I remember trashing my
first XP install as I'm a born again windows newbie.

  C.
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