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- From: veit@du9ds3.fb9dv.uni-duisburg.de (Holger Veit)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Re: Choosing DOS or BSD at boot time?
- Date: 15 Dec 92 14:47:50 GMT
- Organization: Uni-Duisburg FB9 Datenverarbeitung
- Lines: 32
- Message-ID: <veit.724430870@du9ds3>
- References: <ali.724425416@barney>
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- Keywords: BSD, DOS
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- In <ali.724425416@barney> ali@cs.city.ac.uk ( Ali Syed) writes:
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- >Hi,
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- >I've MSDOS-5 and BSD Installed on my Hard-disc, the first 120MB for BSD and the
- >remaining 80MB for DOS. When I switch the PC on, the BSD boots ok. However,
- >if I want to switch to DOS, the 'shutdown -todos' fails. I've tried using
- >the 'OS-BS' program, but that doesn't work either - choosing DOS is ok, but
- >loops if I choose BSD.
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- >Any suggestions as to how I can easily choose either DOS or BSD at boot time?
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- >Thanks,
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- >Ali Syed Email: ali@cs.city.ac.uk
- >City University, London, UK. Fax: +44 71 477 8587
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- Did you see my remark on os-bs and codrv some hours ago? Did you try to
- select 386bsd as default, and let it time out (without pressing any key)?
- Does 386bsd now boot fine? If so, you found the bug in os-bs, I already
- mentioned. Otherwise, you might have still a bug in the kernel ;-)
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- Holger
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