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From: urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Will this work (two IDE drives, DOS and *BSD)?
Date: 27 Aug 1993 09:36:05 +0200
Organization: Smurf-O-Box, Nuernberg, FRG
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In comp.os.386bsd.misc, article <MYCROFT.93Aug23224109@trinity.gnu.ai.mit.edu>,
  mycroft@trinity.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum) writes:
> 
> I don't know whether boot managers like OS-BS and BootEasy deal with
> booting from a second drive; I've never had occasion to try any of
> them.
> 
LILO (from Linux) lets you boot from the second disk by essentially
swapping their BIOS entries. (Or something like this.)

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