From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 6 11:36:56 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id LAA01444 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 6 Jun 1995 11:36:56 -0700 Received: from gemsgw.med.ge.com (gemsgw.med.ge.com [192.88.230.10]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id LAA01437 for ; Tue, 6 Jun 1995 11:36:55 -0700 Received: from gemed.med.ge.com by gemsgw.med.ge.com (4.1/GEMS-1.1) id AA07061; Tue, 6 Jun 95 13:37:12 CDT Received: from sol.sol.med.ge.com (sol-gw) by gemed.med.ge.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA27949; Tue, 6 Jun 95 13:37:32 CDT Received: from merak.med.ge.com by sol.sol.med.ge.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA21848; Tue, 6 Jun 95 13:36:55 CDT From: laufen@sol.med.ge.com (Derek Laufenberg x7-4534) Received: by merak.med.ge.com (4.1/client-1.3) id AA15282; Tue, 6 Jun 95 13:36:53 CDT Date: Tue, 6 Jun 95 13:36:53 CDT Message-Id: <9506061836.AA15282@merak.med.ge.com> To: questions@freebsd.org, jmb@kryten.Atinc.COM Subject: Re: [Q] install boot manager only Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > 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 have a machine on which I do this. I use the OS-BS boot manager. This manager is a DOS program which installs on drive 0 and acts as a redirector to boot from another disk or partition. It is on the 2.0R CD-ROM from WC so I expect you could find it on their archives. Good luck, Derek Laufenberg > > he has FreeBSD 2.0.5A on the second drive (over a gig ) and wants to use > the boot prompt to jump over to wd1a > > jmb > > Jonathan M. Bresler jmb@kryten.atinc.com | Analysis & Technology, Inc. > | 2341 Jeff Davis Hwy > play go. | Arlington, VA 22202 > ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life | 703-418-2800 x346 > >