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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