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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:7689 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:35663 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!metro!extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU!davem From: davem@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (David Monro) Subject: Re: bsd386 & msdos in 1 micro Message-ID: <davem.721580915@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> Sender: news@ucc.su.OZ.AU Nntp-Posting-Host: extro.ucc.su.oz.au Organization: Sydney University Computing Service, Sydney, NSW, Australia References: <br.pct.26.721364010@RLG.Stanford.EDU> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 15:08:35 GMT Lines: 54 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!!!!! >+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >| Peter C. Tam InterNet: br.pct@RLG.Stanford.EDU | >| Fax: (415) 964-0943 BitNet: br.pct@RLG.BITNET | >+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 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 -- David Monro e-mail: davem@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU -- David Monro e-mail: davem@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU