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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA7669 ; Mon, 25 Jan 93 12:19:44 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!agate!tfs.com!julian From: julian@tfs.com (Julian Elischer) Subject: Re: kernal switcher? Message-ID: <1993Jan23.230638.27533@tfs.com> Organization: TRW Financial Systems, Berkeley, CA - 94704 References: <QfLze7y00WBNI1LkYS@andrew.cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 23:06:38 GMT Lines: 28 In article <QfLze7y00WBNI1LkYS@andrew.cmu.edu> "Alex R.N. Wetmore" <aw2t+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes: >Is there any sort bootstrap for 386bsd that will let me choose which >kernel to boot up (so it would boot 386bsd by default, but I could make >something like 386bsd.x if I wanted to run X). I would like to run the >pcvt console driver, but I also use X sometimes (rarely, but enough that >I don't want to trash it). So, it would be nice to have two kernels >compiled, one that runs pcvt, and one that doesn't so that I can run X. > > >alex > The new bootblocks posted previously in c.u.b and in ref.tfs.com:/usr/src/sys.extras/julian-bootblocks do exactly this: they also use BIOS for all ops so they will work for both SCSI and wd drives julian +----------------------------------+ ______ _ __ | __--_|\ Julian Elischer | \ U \/ / On assignment | / \ julian@tfs.com +------>x USA \ in a very strange | ( OZ ) 2118 Milvia st. Berkeley CA. \___ ___ | country ! +- X_.---._/ USA+(510) 704-3137(wk) \_/ \\ v