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From: barrett@lucy.ee.und.ac.za (Alan Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Can OS-BS handle *MULTIPLE* hard disks?
Date: 14 Feb 1994 08:55:50 +0200
Organization: Elec. Eng., Univ. Natal, Durban, S. Africa
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In article <BRIAN.94Feb11203909@sun1.claremont.com>,
brian@sun1.claremont.com (Brian Childs) writes:
> will OS-BS allow you to boot from a partition which is on another drive?
> If not, is there a utility which will?

I don't know whether OS-BS will do that, but yapboot will allow you to
boot from another drive; just press A, B, C or D at the menu to boot
from the first or second floppy or hard drive known to the BIOS.

--apb (Alan Barrett)