From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Oct 9 16:02:07 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2501A10B2073 for ; Tue, 9 Oct 2018 16:02:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jude.obscure@yandex.com) Received: from forward106j.mail.yandex.net (forward106j.mail.yandex.net [IPv6:2a02:6b8:0:801:2::109]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "forwards.mail.yandex.net", Issuer "Yandex CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A0EB270178 for ; Tue, 9 Oct 2018 16:02:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jude.obscure@yandex.com) Received: from mxback20j.mail.yandex.net (mxback20j.mail.yandex.net [IPv6:2a02:6b8:0:1619::114]) by forward106j.mail.yandex.net (Yandex) with ESMTP id E2D231807694; Tue, 9 Oct 2018 19:01:55 +0300 (MSK) Received: from smtp4j.mail.yandex.net (smtp4j.mail.yandex.net [2a02:6b8:0:1619::15:6]) by mxback20j.mail.yandex.net (nwsmtp/Yandex) with ESMTP id xWQMCGbMik-1nmKJgsQ; Tue, 09 Oct 2018 19:01:49 +0300 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yandex.com; s=mail; t=1539100909; bh=YuRr2j8MatXQNXYe7taqNfw6u1VIQnFYNvyaDeGw5Ig=; h=Subject:To:Cc:References:From:Message-ID:Date:In-Reply-To; b=Mk7EyO51N0fL2IbUZX/RD0EN8U+G42T8u+m+gmMeikilYLyCfN4bQ4dwr1hbnz6Dt 9eG5pXzmeWaEZbnFnBSQwAiTEmr/iLP2jUXKLvbdPCI9XwbsiKf3iBSWuqJHz48dYO IKL/k/0Ne3YcOrjDdB7kinF0L0iMxW1yb3HKCTmY= Received: by smtp4j.mail.yandex.net (nwsmtp/Yandex) with ESMTPSA id Ki00IGETaN-1lIWMD3x; Tue, 09 Oct 2018 19:01:48 +0300 (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client certificate not present) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yandex.com; s=mail; t=1539100908; bh=YuRr2j8MatXQNXYe7taqNfw6u1VIQnFYNvyaDeGw5Ig=; h=Subject:To:Cc:References:From:Message-ID:Date:In-Reply-To; b=UGk2rvXX11q5WteMlwoXD4wTmVqsGl6IyPcL/efyq1WKtMc8CQYhNaTalHcLxnVW3 vUM3WnACpSFJiF88Tv5SSZRMMGk82Wj7VQ4zJSpcxBh8O/QisohHSpvL9r6yJB2ZJ5 IpRtMkXBiO1PgKMJZ4xdBo/naLQWtQa3qxrt9WF0= Authentication-Results: smtp4j.mail.yandex.net; dkim=pass header.i=@yandex.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD boot manager customization for single-disk multiboot (4 x DOS) To: Wojciech Puchar Cc: Polytropon , FreeBSD Questions References: <20181007234040.028639f8.freebsd@edvax.de> <38342ce8-990a-ce05-7ab9-9f7d6017f91b@yandex.com> From: Manish Jain Message-ID: <742396b8-e662-ed00-142a-0f2765674207@yandex.com> Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 21:30:41 +0530 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2018 16:02:07 -0000 On 10/09/18 12:14, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> >> I suggest a better way than to use FreeBSD/Linux boot manager. >> >> Create 1 primary partition + an EBR with 4 logical drives (with the >> primary partition at the beginning of the disk). >> >> Install 4 x DOS/Win into the logical drives (all using the first >> primary partition as C:) >> >> Finally and if needed, alter the boot.ini in C: as you wish. >> >> Does that solve your problem, or compound it ? > > what is boot.ini? i don't remember something like this in DOS. I would have thought C:boot.ini was the standard bootloader configuration file in DOS/Windows - it is, of course, standard in Windows. Since Windows 98 would getting installed last, its boot manager should configure the boot environment correctly. Regards, Manish Jain