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From: christia@latenite.ssc.gov (Mike Christiansen)
Subject: How to set up my boot disk with MFM and SCSI controllers??
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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 02:32:57 GMT
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Hi,

I have kind of a strange problem... I have a 100 Mbyte MFM disk on a
seagate controller and a 300 Mbyte SCSI disk on a aha controller.  I
would like to keep the MFM controller all DOS and the SCSI all BSD. I
really dont want to create multiple partitions and load both dos and
bsd on separate partitions on the MFM controller as 100 Mbytes is just
large enough to load DOS, Windows, some games, and the Windows
applications I use a lot when working at home.  I can install BSD on
the SCSI, no problems :-), but I have to unplug the MFM controller to
get the system to boot off the SCSI.

Naturally, I would like to be able to boot the BSD on the SCSI without
having to unplug the MFM controller. I suppose I could continue to
boot off a floppy (UGH). I was wondering if any of you had a better
suggestion? I was thinking:

- Get the system to boot off of the aha controller. Then I could
create a small ~5mbyte DOS partition on the SCSI and use the MFM as
drive D:. Then I could use FDISK to set the active partition and I'm
laughin. 

- Some DOS utility which can be applied to cause the system to load
and boot BSD off of the SCSI. 

- ?? YOU TELL ME ???

thanks,
mike
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Mike Christiansen
Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory
Controls Group
2550 Beckleymeade Ave.
MS.4002
Dallas, TX. 75237

214-708-3415
christia@latenite.ssc.gov