Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 13:29:15 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: smm@uunet.uu.net (Steve Mansfield) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: O.k. - boot managers. Message-ID: <199511292029.NAA28483@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <QQzrvd00968.199511281624@triryche.uu.net> from "Steve Mansfield" at Nov 28, 95 11:24:17 am
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> Now, here's my situation. I can boot my system again just fine from BSD or > DOS. I have to use DOS' FDISK to switch active partitions, but it works. > Now, I want to install a boot manager so that I can boot either one without > FDISK. When I tried BOOTEASY, it did the right thing with the DOS drive, > but did the wrong thing with the BSD disk (gave me a menu - even after I > told it to boot FreeBSD, it just gave me another menu...8-). Are there > other boot managers that do the right thing with two disks each with their > own OS on them, or is there simply a good switch to send booteasy that > wasn't evident from the info it came with? The boot manager loads the boot code from the second disk when you tell it to go to the secon disk. So you have a second boot manager. When you select FreeBSD on that, it should boot. Maybe you don't have an MBR/boot manager on the second disk at all? Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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