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From: gebhart@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Ralf Gebhart)
Subject: Re: [386BSD] partitioning and other things
Keywords: partition, magic numbers
References: <1992Dec20.221431.12825@cs.cornell.edu> <1992Dec21.210848.13226@nas.nasa.gov>
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 17:58:35 GMT
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In article <1992Dec21.210848.13226@nas.nasa.gov> tweten@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Dave Tweten) writes:
>In article <1992Dec20.221431.12825@cs.cornell.edu> cchase@cs.cornell.edu (Craig Chase) writes:
>>I have just installed 386bsd on my computer and have a few questions:
>
>>2) I am currently running the os/2 2.0 boot manager which allows me to select
>> which operating system to boot. Problem, it will not boot 386bsd for
>> me. Is there another boot manager available that will work with
>> dos, os/2 and 386bsd?
>
>There are two which have been posted in the past six months. OS-BS
^^^
three !
>seems to be the most popular, judging from mentions on the net. My
>favorite is Booteasy, because it more closely matches my usage patterns.
>
>OS-BS has a fixed default boot partition. When it asks and you don't
>answer, after a few seconds thats the partition that boots. By
>contrast, Booteasy uses the last chosen partition as the default. Since
>I reboot more often than I choose a different boot partition I find it
>more convenient.
>
The third one is called 'pboot' and is the only one of those three that is
able to boot from a second disk, as far as I know.
All three are available at ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
in /pub/BSD/386BSD/0.1/unofficial/boot-menus
Ralf