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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) 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! Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Date: 18 Mar 1996 21:49:32 -0000 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4iklpc$fs@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960317011137.17701B-100000@alcor.usc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: anorak.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:16252 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2642 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2864 Wee-San Lee (wlee@alcor.usc.edu) wrote: : Hi all, : Sorry for the cross posting this time! : I'm wondering if anybody out there has experience to install FOUR : difference OS (FreeBSD, NetBSD, BSDI and Window NT) within a single 2 : Giga SCSI hard disk and make it multi-bootable. : I'm planning to create four partitions each of which is 500M and : install a multi-boot program to boot from whatever desired OS. I would : like to know if it is possible to do so and what choices I have for the : multi-boot program. Any cautions, suggestions and opinions are : welcome. Thanks. OS-BS is the best OS selector/loader I've seen. I can't remember where it's home is, ask archie. The only other suggestion is to load & boot NT first. Also, don't bother configuring anything (except disk layouts) until you've got everything booting. You'll only end up changing your mind about something and loosing your changes. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....