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From: fmayhar@altair.mpd.tandem.com (Frank Mayhar)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Installing on IDE drives; I need ide_conf.exe...
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Date: 6 Nov 92 23:37:03 GMT
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And I can't find it. Would someone please email me a pointer to it? Thanks.
I would also like feedback regarding my proposed system setup. I have two
drives, a 213 MB Western Digital as master, which will hold 386bsd, and an
80 MB Quantum slave which will hold DOS. I will want to boot 386bsd most of
the time, and DOS on occasion. I had planned to make a minimal boot floppy
for DOS, which points itself at the Quantum at the appropriate time. Is
this the best way to go? Or should I allocate a 1-meg slice of the 386bsd
disk for DOS, so I can boot from it?
The jury still seems to be out regarding 386bsd and DOS coexisting on IDE
drives; I've been waiting on a concensus but none seems forthcoming and
I can wait no longer. I install this weekend, or whenever I can find
ide_conf.exe.
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Frank Mayhar fmayhar@mpd.tandem.com
Tandem Computers, Inc. Micro Products Division
14231 Tandem Blvd., Austin, TX 78728 Phone: (512) 244-8969