Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 19:08:24 +0000 From: "Riley J. McIntire" <chaos@mail.tgci.com> To: "Thomas S. Traylor" <ttraylor@titan.cs.mci.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can one dual boot fbsd? No? (was Re: wd0/sd0 can't bo Message-ID: <199705290241.TAA12575@train.tgci.com>
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> Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 09:30:15 -0600 (MDT) > From: "Thomas S. Traylor" <ttraylor@titan.cs.mci.com> > To: chaos@tgci.com > Subject: Re: Can one dual boot fbsd? No? (was Re: wd0/sd0 can't boot from s > On Tue, 27 May 1997, Riley J. McIntire wrote: > > > Hmmm...maybe I'm not clear. I would like to know if one can dual > > boot two versions of fbsd residing on two disks: One an ide > > and one a scsi? > > Have you installed booteasy on both disk? If you do I most certain > that this will work for you. I'm currently dual booting Win95 and > FreeBSD. Both on different disks, both are SCSI disks. > > Tom > Yes--doesn't work. I'm sure it would with win95 on the first disk, but that's not the configuration. I'm thinking it's the way fbsd handles loading the kernel, but I'd like some confirmation from a guru... Thanks again, Riley > > > > Cheers, > > > > Riley > > > > > > > Just installed 2.2.2-release on the only scsi drive in my > > > system--disabled the ide controller in cmos from previous experience. > > > > > > Anyway, install goes ok, boots ok. Enabled the ide drive, which has > > > 2.1.7 on it. Gets the boot prompt F1 -DOS, F2-2.1.7 and F5 2nd DISK. > > > > > > Press F5 and get "F?". I've seen this before, and done the fixes > > > recommended by assuming this is a geometry problem. It doesn't seem > > > to be. > > > > > > Used booteasy 2 beta (8?). No help. > > > > > > When F2 is pressed (ide drive 2.1.7) at the boot prompt I type in > > > sd(0,a)/kernel and it boots wd(0,a)/kernel with no errors. That is > > > it *seems* to take the arguement "sd(0,a)" but runs wd(0,a) and it > > > ends up running 2.1.7, not 2.2.2-R. > > > > > > This isn't a show stopper, but I'm curious and I'd *really* like to boot the > > > scsi disk with the ide disk in the system. Is there a reason I can't? > > > > > > os-bs (osbs20b8.exe) locks up when run on the dos partition on the > > > ide disk. Booteasy seems to configure ok, but craps out under > > > pressure! :) > > > > > > tia, > > > > > > Riley > > > > > > > > > > -- > Thomas Traylor > Thomas.Traylor@mci.com > ttraylor@titan.cs.mci.com > (719) 535-1269 > > > >
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