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From: davem@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (David Monro)
Subject: Re: bsd386 & msdos in 1 micro
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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 15:08:35 GMT
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br.pct@RLG.Stanford.EDU (Peter C Tam) writes:

>Hi,

>  May be this is a FAQ, but I certainly do not know where the FAQ is.

>  I try to configure a 386/486 with IDE drive for: MSDOS, Window 3.1,  OS/2, 
>BSD386. The problem is 386/486 only boot off C disk. But looking  at things, 
>BSD386 seems to have a different file system than MSDOS (true?)

>  Does that implies I have to at least have 2 disk partitions, one for  
>BSD386 & 1 for the rest (MSDOS, Windows3.1, OS/2), & FDISK to activate  
>whichever partition?

>  Or have 2 hard disks, one for Unix, one for the rest, but than what 
>happens to the boot off only C drive restriction Or is some micro has boot
>drive configurable from CMOS?

>  Or is there another solution to this?

>  Thanks for any INFO!!!!!

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I'm running a machine which supports Linux (a free 386 *nix clone) and dos on
the same drive. Yes, you need multiple partitions - the unix will need its own,
and I think I've seen references to the OS/2 filesystem, so I guess it needs one
too.

Booting is not such a hassle - you install a program which gives you a menu to
play with, which then boots the appropriate partition. I believe OS/2 comes
with such a program, and Linux comes with one capable of booting other OS's
as well as itself.

These programs should also overcome the second-drive boot problem - but I don't
know about that as I only have one drive. In any case, you could have a small
boot partition on the first drive and keep most of the system on the other
for two of the operating systems. I am fairly certain I saw reference a while
back to someone running a two drive system running dos, OS/2 and Linux, all
selectable on bootup.

Anyway, good luck with it, it shouldn't be too hard to do - as long as you
have a fairly large drive to put it all on.

	David Monro
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David Monro
e-mail: davem@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU
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David Monro
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