Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 21:31:09 +0530 From: Manish Jain <jude.obscure@yandex.com> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@puchar.net> Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD boot manager customization for single-disk multiboot (4 x DOS) Message-ID: <2f6c261c-e3cf-d24f-eaf5-78aba58d50a3@yandex.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1810090843540.41943@puchar.net> References: <20181007234040.028639f8.freebsd@edvax.de> <38342ce8-990a-ce05-7ab9-9f7d6017f91b@yandex.com> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1810090843540.41943@puchar.net>
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On 10/09/18 12:14, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> >> I suggest a better way than to use FreeBSD/Linux boot manager. >> >> Create 1 primary partition + an EBR with 4 logical drives (with the >> primary partition at the beginning of the disk). >> >> Install 4 x DOS/Win into the logical drives (all using the first >> primary partition as C:) >> >> Finally and if needed, alter the boot.ini in C: as you wish. >> >> Does that solve your problem, or compound it ? > > what is boot.ini? i don't remember something like this in DOS. I would have thought C:\\boot.ini was the standard bootloader configuration file in DOS/Windows - it is, of course, standard in Windows. Since Windows 98 would getting installed last, its boot manager should configure the boot environment correctly. Regards, Manish Jain
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