Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 14:09:19 +1100 From: David Dawes <dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot manager w/ freebsd Message-ID: <19980307140919.22944@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199803020056.QAA07761@hub.freebsd.org>; from Darren Reed on Mon, Mar 02, 1998 at 11:56:42AM %2B1100 References: <199803012253.OAA10127@dingo.cdrom.com> <199803020056.QAA07761@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Mon, Mar 02, 1998 at 11:56:42AM +1100, Darren Reed wrote: >In some mail from Mike Smith, sie said: >> Either way, the booteasy code design is such that it's really only >> suited for simple arrangements. For more complex systems, I have to >> recommend either the OS/2 Boot Manager (if you have OS/2) or System >> Commander. If you insist on freeware, then OS-BS may also do what you >> want. > >In my experience, OS-BS doesn't work as well as Booteasy. I use OS-BS on a box with 6 OSs over 3 IDE drives, and haven't had any problems (including booting from the 3rd drive). I wouldn't go back to booteasy for anything other than pretty basic installations. I've never had any luck booting from even a second disk with it, but it has been a while since I tried it and maybe it works better now. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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