From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 24 11:01:40 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA27562 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 11:01:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from stpaul.caen.gdeb.com (stpaul.caen.gdeb.com [153.11.2.136]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA27544 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 11:01:31 -0800 (PST) Received: by stpaul.caen.gdeb.com (951211.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH1042/16.2) id NAA06858; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 13:59:41 -0500 From: "James M. Criner" Message-Id: <9703241359.ZM6856@stpaul.caen.gdeb.com> Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 13:59:41 -0500 X-Mailer: Z-Mail (3.2.2 10apr95 MediaMail) To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: BootEasy Bootmanager Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Dear FreeBSD support: After many tiring evenings and several nailbiting sessions, I have successsfully installed FreeBSD while managing to preserve my existing DOS/WIN95 system. My goal was to have one drive be completely DOS, and the second drive have a small DOS partition followed by FreeBSD. That way I could keep the existing system isolated and pass data via the small DOS partition on the new disk. I have both systems up and running independently (by plugging/unplugging SCSI cables), but I can't seem to get the boot manager to allow me to boot from either disk. The BIOS hangs and I get the message "Drive not ready: Please insert disk into A:". Here's the setup - Monitor - MAG Innovision DX17 Video Board - ATI Mach64 SCSI Board - NCR PCI-SC200 3.5" Floppy - Safronic DS-34A Chip - P54C/CT 90 Mhz RAM - 16 MB CD-ROM - Mitsumi CRMC-FX001D Internal SCSI devices: Conner 4mm DAT drive - ID 04, termination enabled Original HD (DOS Primary) Quantum ProDrive LPS 540 MB - ID 01 No partitions, no boot manager. New HD (Small DOS part, FreeBSD) Seagate ST32550N 2047MB - ID 00 Partitions: 64MB DOS Primary 1983MB FreeBSD / 64MB /usr 1663MB swap 256MB Boot manager installed - allows boot from F1 Dos F2 BSD Is there any way to allow booting from disk 00 BSD, or disk 01 WIN95, and allow both to read/write to the small DOS partition on disk 00. I want to keep disk 01 WIN95 isolated as I can't afford to "hose" it (although I wouldn't mind throwing it out the window). I feel alot more comfortable setting up and administering FreeBSD than trying to re-install WIN95. WIN95 works OK now, and as they say... If it ain't broke, don't fix it!!! I've got two working systems on separate disks who really would like to be plugged in at the same time and talk to each other. Any ideas on how to get them to play nicely??? HELP!!! Please reply to either of the following e-mail addresses jcriner@edgenet.net fgmd@edgenet.net THANKS ALOT!!! -- James M. Criner -- James M. Criner