Date: Tue, 6 Jun 1995 13:26:39 -0500 From: "Daniel M. Eischen" <deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org> To: jmb@kryten.Atinc.COM, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [Q] install boot manager only Message-ID: <9506061826.AA27628@iworks.InterWorks.org>
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>a colleage has a pair of ide drives that work in one configuration >only--the smaller must be the first drive. > >how can i install the boot manager on that drive without damaging his dos >partitions. can this be done using the boot.flp? I've done it on SCSI drives without any FreeBSD partitions. We have an Interactive Unix and DOS partition on the first SCSI drive and we recently added a larger 1GB drive for FreeBSD. I used the FreeBSD boot manager and wrote the boot record to the first drive using fdisk from the boot floppy. I believe this was with the Feb or March snapshot boot floppy. Installed FreeBSD on SCSI disk two also using the FreeBSD boot loader. Now I can boot the machine and get a prompt for DOS, Interactive Unix, and F5 to switch to the second disk. Upon hitting F5, you get an F1 for FreeBSD and F5 to switch back to the first disk. It works great! Dan Eischen deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org
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