From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Oct 9 16:02:30 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 7E6E810B20B3 for ; Tue, 9 Oct 2018 16:02:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jude.obscure@yandex.com) Received: from forward103p.mail.yandex.net (forward103p.mail.yandex.net [IPv6:2a02:6b8:0:1472:2741:0:8b7:106]) (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 118E7701D4 for ; Tue, 9 Oct 2018 16:02:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jude.obscure@yandex.com) Received: from mxback2g.mail.yandex.net (mxback2g.mail.yandex.net [IPv6:2a02:6b8:0:1472:2741:0:8b7:163]) by forward103p.mail.yandex.net (Yandex) with ESMTP id DBAE12187181; Tue, 9 Oct 2018 19:02:17 +0300 (MSK) Received: from smtp2o.mail.yandex.net (smtp2o.mail.yandex.net [2a02:6b8:0:1a2d::26]) by mxback2g.mail.yandex.net (nwsmtp/Yandex) with ESMTP id j9oXp3DMVX-2HPK5iff; Tue, 09 Oct 2018 19:02:17 +0300 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yandex.com; s=mail; t=1539100937; bh=E98ov5Rm3tO1eah3JCc2kr12MyWomAZuuLJeX36WleM=; h=Subject:To:Cc:References:From:Message-ID:Date:In-Reply-To; b=N0Za/nGfOYGDcM1dHN8Z6ZMOVyrjH4dyT2W6SfJ2vqFspWJyPYPxU5HW0LJZk1SZC j+5WCJDjBV2dHEJLFWWSwU9jjQyQMxd4tDazR/AJDbEyOc29DR6gr+7Igjn6jsdj++ DmNJVC0RKd91pjRjrpQAZ1rGltEQwXpFjI9EVnZM= Received: by smtp2o.mail.yandex.net (nwsmtp/Yandex) with ESMTPSA id ag8dWjzDKR-2GsOXYeh; Tue, 09 Oct 2018 19:02:16 +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=1539100937; bh=E98ov5Rm3tO1eah3JCc2kr12MyWomAZuuLJeX36WleM=; h=Subject:To:Cc:References:From:Message-ID:Date:In-Reply-To; b=N0Za/nGfOYGDcM1dHN8Z6ZMOVyrjH4dyT2W6SfJ2vqFspWJyPYPxU5HW0LJZk1SZC j+5WCJDjBV2dHEJLFWWSwU9jjQyQMxd4tDazR/AJDbEyOc29DR6gr+7Igjn6jsdj++ DmNJVC0RKd91pjRjrpQAZ1rGltEQwXpFjI9EVnZM= Authentication-Results: smtp2o.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: <2f6c261c-e3cf-d24f-eaf5-78aba58d50a3@yandex.com> Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 21:31:09 +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 16:02:30 -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