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Date:      Tue, 28 Nov 1995 15:00:38 -0800 (PST)
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com>
To:        smm@uunet.uu.net (Steve Mansfield)
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: O.k. - boot managers.
Message-ID:  <199511282300.PAA24468@ref.tfs.com>
In-Reply-To: <QQzrvd00968.199511281624@triryche.uu.net> from "Steve Mansfield" at Nov 28, 95 11:24:17 am

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try os-bs
(available in the tools direcotry too I think)
> 
> First off, my *many* thanks to those who have offered help so far.  It has
> indeed been very useful.
> 
> Now, here's my situation.  I can boot my system again just fine from BSD or
> DOS.  I have to use DOS' FDISK to switch active partitions, but it works.
> Now, I want to install a boot manager so that I can boot either one without
> FDISK.  When I tried BOOTEASY, it did the right thing with the DOS drive,
> but did the wrong thing with the BSD disk (gave me a menu - even after I
> told it to boot FreeBSD, it just gave me another menu...8-).  Are there
> other boot managers that do the right thing with two disks each with their
> own OS on them, or is there simply a good switch to send booteasy that
> wasn't evident from the info it came with?
> 
> Steve Mansfield  |The captain frowned. "It's a funny thing," he said, "but
> smm@uunet.uu.net |why is it that the heathens and the barbarians seem to have
>                  |the best places to go when they die?"
>                  |Small Gods - Terry Pratchett
> 




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