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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!natinst.com!hrd769.brooks.af.mil!hrd769.brooks.af.mil!not-for-mail From: burgess@hrd769.brooks.af.mil (Dave Burgess) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: 386bsd and MSDOS coexisting on separate drives. Date: 24 Aug 1993 19:11:02 -0500 Organization: Armstrong Laboratory, Brooks AFB, TX Lines: 33 Message-ID: <25ean4$cct@hrd769.brooks.af.mil> References: <25dvgoINNbn0@rodan.uu.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: hrd769.brooks.af.mil In article <25dvgoINNbn0@rodan.uu.net> smm@rodan.UU.NET (Steve Mansfield) writes: >I have a question which may or may not have already been covered way too >many times already, but here goes anyway: >I have a 486SX with two hard drives, on one of which I'd like to keep >MSDOS, and on the other, larger one, put BSD386. It is my understanding [ stuff deleted ]....... >Also, it is my understanding that BSD386 ignores the BIOS on the >motherboard. Is this true? Aaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrgggggghhhhhh!!!!!! Sorry, I lost my head for a minute. There are many ways to do the first bit. One is to use the software that comes with the system, and hack the boot code so that it does whatever Terry Lambert's does. Another method is to use one of the many boot managers that are available for just this purpose. Most will do kind of what you want without a lot of gnashing of teeth. The second question: Yes, except during the NetBSD boot cycle, and then only sort of. -- ------ TSgt Dave Burgess NCOIC AL/Management Information Systems Office Brooks AFB, TX