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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!newsfeeds.ans.net!news-m01.ny.us.ibm.net!ausnews.austin.ibm.com!rtpnews.raleigh.ibm.com!news@rtpnews.raleigh.ibm.com From: evans@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com (Thomas Evans) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Type A5 partition/booting problems Date: 4 Mar 1996 14:38:45 GMT Organization: ISSC South Region, RTP, NC Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4hev9l$m8e@rtpnews.raleigh.ibm.com> References: <4h74dv$12sc@rtpnews.raleigh.ibm.com> <4h7k13$1ec@times.tfs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: evans.raleigh.ibm.com X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.1 In article <4h7k13$1ec@times.tfs.com>, julian@mailhub.tfs.com (Julian Elischer) writes: >In article <4h74dv$12sc@rtpnews.raleigh.ibm.com>, >Thomas Evans <evans@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com> wrote: >>It appears FreeBSD requires its partition to be A5, how do I get it to boot >>with another type, I have netbsd/freebsd on same HD using OS/2 Boot manager >>to boot DOS/WARP/NETBSD/FREEBSD, but NETBSD looks to get confused when sees >>2 A5 partitions. >>Thx,Tom >> >here's what I did (a year or two ago,, might not still work) > good stuff deleted.... >julian Thanks, I've decided to change the netbsd boot code to use a different boot type, now I can select via BM any OS I like!! Finally!! Tom