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Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 14:09:19 +1100
From: David Dawes <dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: boot manager w/ freebsd
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On Mon, Mar 02, 1998 at 11:56:42AM +1100, Darren Reed wrote:
>In some mail from Mike Smith, sie said:

>> Either way, the booteasy code design is such that it's really only 
>> suited for simple arrangements.  For more complex systems, I have to 
>> recommend either the OS/2 Boot Manager (if you have OS/2) or System 
>> Commander.  If you insist on freeware, then OS-BS may also do what you 
>> want.
>
>In my experience, OS-BS doesn't work as well as Booteasy.

I use OS-BS on a box with 6 OSs over 3 IDE drives, and haven't had any
problems (including booting from the 3rd drive).  I wouldn't go back to
booteasy for anything other than pretty basic installations.  I've never
had any luck booting from even a second disk with it, but it has been
a while since I tried it and maybe it works better now.

David

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