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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.sdsmt.edu!nntp.uac.net!news.tufts.edu!blanket.mitre.org!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!cdc2.cdc.net!news.texas.net!nntp.primenet.com!winternet.com!news From: srose@winternet.com (Steve Rose) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Boot Manager Questions Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 19:26:54 GMT Organization: unorganized Lines: 52 Message-ID: <31adf439.236261065@news.winternet.com> References: <4ok7gv$d37@earth.alpha.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: srose-ip-4.winternet.com X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99e/32.227 rhiggins@earth.execpc.com (Ron Higgins) wrote: >I'm planning on installing the following operating systems on my new >computer with a 2.1gig hard drive: > >OS/2 Warp - Main operating system >FreeBSD v2.1R >Windows 3.1 - small partition used only for those Win programs that > won't run under Win-OS/2 > >What boot manager should I be using for this? OS/2's Boot Manager, >or the FreeBSD Boot Manager? I use OS/2 bm. Works just fine. >I need to be able to boot all three operating systems. > >Also, since I'm planning on formatting the OS/2 partition in HPFS, >(High Performance File System), is there a way to get OS/2 to read >and write to the FreeBSD partition, and on the other hand, is there >a way to get FreeBSD to read and write to the HPFS partition? 2.1 gb disk, 1st partion HPFS PRIMARY, 2nd partition NTFS PRIMARY, 3rd partition, BSD PRIMARY Boot Mgr. can select from all three. Don't know of any way to access partitions across disimilar partitions unless they are FAT16. Also, using the 3 PRIMARY partition configuration, the others are "hidden" from whatever OS is running. If you have a spare disk, format it with FAT16 and you should be able to see it from all three OS's. > >Also, I understand that I should partition the HD with the Boot >Manager first, Windows second, and then either FreeBSD or OS/2. >Sound right? If you set up using primary partitions, use OS/2 to set it up, make all 3 partitions, then format them all using OS/2 (FAT16 for the non OS/2 partitions) After they're formatted, boot the system and from the boot mgr. menu, select the desired partition to boot. You'll get an error about no OS installed, but boot mgr. will have made that partition the "active" one. Then you can reboot from a floppy and install the OS to that partition. Windows likes to blow away boot mgr, but you should be able to set the BM partition active using FDISK under DOS. //===================================================// Steve Rose Mounds View, MN srose@winternet.com