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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:2361 comp.os.386bsd.questions:9899 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov!sec396-news.jpl.nasa.gov!spc18!hand From: hand@spc18.jpl.nasa.gov (Kolin E. Hand) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Where to find boot manager 'boot-easy'? Date: 25 Apr 1994 07:59:34 GMT Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena Lines: 30 Message-ID: <2pft96$t87@lo-fan.jpl.nasa.gov> References: <daffer.767249363@kaiwan> NNTP-Posting-Host: spc18.jpl.nasa.gov Keywords: boot manager, boot-easy, FreeBSD In article <daffer.767249363@kaiwan>, William Howell Daffer <daffer@kaiwan.com> wrote: >Hi, I'm thinking about installing FreeBSD on my D disk and see from >the installation notes that I need a boot manager named >'boot-easy'. It says that this boot manager is in the tools >subdirectory of the FreeBSD distribution site, although it doesn't say >where that is. I found one at freebsd.cdrom.com but can't find any >tools subdirectory or the boot manager lurking about anywhere else on >that site. Anyone know where it is, or alternately, a boot manager that will >allow you to boot from the D disk? > William, I am using OS-BS, version 2.0 (Beta 8) to boot FreeBSD 1.0.2 off of a second drive. The utility was on the release CD-ROM (Ver 1.0) in the tools directory. In particular, the filename is "OSBS20B8.EXE". I now boot OS/2 and FreeBSD with this utility. After going through the motions of building a kernel for the second disk and installing it, I ran OS-BS and it discovered both my OS/2 HPFS partition and the FreeBSD automatically. It was most painless and has worked like a charm. Kolin -- ======================================================================= Spam spam spam spam spam spam spam spam spam......bloody vikings! Kolin E. Hand hand@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov