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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2.1,Win95 and Win NT
Date: 9 Jun 1997 09:50:54 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <01bc729a$70c092d0$27366d81@masscomp>,
"Ernest C. Hymel" <ehymel@utmb.edu> writes:
[.....]
> The approach noted there is straightforward, and relies on dd as you noted
> for Linux. The catch is that if FreeBSD is not on your first disk, you'll
> have to tell the FreeBSD boot routine where to look for your kernel *every*
> time, using the command
>
> sd(2,a)
>
> (assuming your kernel is on your 2nd scsi disk; you may have to change this
> as appropriate) when FreeBSD first starts up. This can get old if you do a
> lot of dual-booting.
[.....]
Does nextboot(8) work ? I'm not sure offhand if it stores the info
in the boot blocks (it would work) or if it stores it in a file on
the root partition (it wouldn't work).
>
> --
> Ernie Hymel
>
>
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Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
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