Date: Fri, 30 Dec 94 9:30:18 EAT From: Yen-Wei Liu <ywliu@beta.wsl.sinica.edu.tw> To: sc67+@andrew.cmu.edu (Seth Andrew Covitz) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot Manager Prob? Message-ID: <199412300131.RAA09744@freefall.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: <oj0kUJi00iUxQ1zNtX@andrew.cmu.edu>; from "Seth Andrew Covitz" at Dec 29, 94 2:03 pm
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> > I have FREE-BSD installed on a second hard drive, and can boot the > kernel if I manually type in "wd0(1,a)/kernel" at the "Boot:" prompt. > However, I would like for the kernel boot automatically. > > The problem is that I am running other operating systems, and use > IBM's Boot Manager to boot off of the C drive. I realize if I replace > IBM's Boot Manager with the one from FREE-BSD, it will most likely solve > my problem, but I am afraid that I will lose contact with my other > operating systems. > > Is there another way? Am I thinking the right thing? > Actually, replacing IBM's Boot Manager won't solve your problem : You still have to key in wd(1,a)/kernel manually. The problem lies not in the Boot Manager but in the FreeBSD boot loader. You have to modify it to make it load from wd(1,a). I am looking into this one and hope to get a workaround. OTOH, if you replace your Boot Manager with other equivalents, OS/2 ( if you have ) may not boot. I use OSBS from tools/dos-tools directory and put OS/2 Boot Manager in it as an boot item. I first select OS/2 Boot Manager then select OS/2. -- Yen-Wei Liu (ywliu@beta.wsl.sinica.edu.tw)
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