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Date:      Sun, 2 Feb 1997 13:26:38 -0500 (EST)
From:      jack <jack@diamond.xtalwind.net>
To:        That Doug Guy <tiller@connectnet.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD + OS/2 = success :-)  (Was: extended partition?)
Message-ID:  <Pine.FBS.3.95.970202131018.163A-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199702020137.RAA14408@smtp.connectnet.com>

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On Sat, 1 Feb 1997, That Doug Guy wrote:

> 	Me too.  :-)  I'm interested in the other boot managers available from 
> FreeBSD, such as Boot Easy and OS-BS.  Has anyone used either of them 
> and OS/2 Boot Manager, and would like to comment?  

I use both the OS/2 boot manager and OS-BS.  On my first HD I have a
partiton with OS/2 boot manager, a primary partition for DOS, a primary
partition for Lose95, and an extended partition with a logical drive for
OS/2 (HPFS) and a small FAT partition.  My second drive is part HPFS and
part FreeBSD swap.  My third drive is FreeBSD.  I couldn't get OS/2's boot
manager to boot the third drive, and OS-BS wouldn't reliably set the
'active' partition on the first drive.  Soooo, on booting OS-BS comes up
with FreeBSD or "other" as it's choices (the first being the default, with
a 5 second delay).  "Other" invokes OS/2's boot manager allowing me to
boot OS/2, DOS, or Lose95 (the latter only when someone has a gun to my
head :}). 

> I am loathe to try experimenting with a working system.  

Usually turns them into non-working systems, doesn't it?  :)

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