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From: tjevans@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com (Thomas Evans)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: Install FreeBSD, NetBSD, BSDI and Window NT in a single SCSI disk!
Date: 21 Mar 1996 19:53:43 GMT
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In article <745f21ae.17275@luckey.citi.umich.edu>,
	rees@umich.edu (Jim Rees) writes:
>In article <4infk8$6q8@midway.evtech.com>, travis@evtech.com (Travis Hassloch x231) writes:

>  HOWEVER: you will not be able to put NetBSD and FreeBSD on the same
>  disk, as they use the same system ID in the partition table, and
>  AFAIK this is a problem with the boot code.  How about DG/Linux :) :)

>Is this true?  I thought NetBSD and FreeBSD looked for a partition with the
>active flag true and the sys ID set to a5.  If you use the "set active
>partition" option to os-bs, you should be able to boot either one, right?

Or just install one of the netbsd/freebsd systems, change the boot code to 
use another partition type (with netbsd, I had to change it in 2 files,
start.s and a .h file I can't remember, grep around for A5), rebuild,
, reboot with dos and run pfdisk, change the partition type, and your
golden. Then install the next bsd which will creat its own A5 partition.
Regards,
-- 
Tom Evans
tjevans@rtp.ibm.com