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- From: christia@latenite.ssc.gov (Mike Christiansen)
- Subject: How to set up my boot disk with MFM and SCSI controllers??
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- Organization: SSC Laboratory, Dallas, TX
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 02:32:57 GMT
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-
- Hi,
-
- I have kind of a strange problem... I have a 100 Mbyte MFM disk on a
- seagate controller and a 300 Mbyte SCSI disk on a aha controller. I
- would like to keep the MFM controller all DOS and the SCSI all BSD. I
- really dont want to create multiple partitions and load both dos and
- bsd on separate partitions on the MFM controller as 100 Mbytes is just
- large enough to load DOS, Windows, some games, and the Windows
- applications I use a lot when working at home. I can install BSD on
- the SCSI, no problems :-), but I have to unplug the MFM controller to
- get the system to boot off the SCSI.
-
- Naturally, I would like to be able to boot the BSD on the SCSI without
- having to unplug the MFM controller. I suppose I could continue to
- boot off a floppy (UGH). I was wondering if any of you had a better
- suggestion? I was thinking:
-
- - Get the system to boot off of the aha controller. Then I could
- create a small ~5mbyte DOS partition on the SCSI and use the MFM as
- drive D:. Then I could use FDISK to set the active partition and I'm
- laughin.
-
- - Some DOS utility which can be applied to cause the system to load
- and boot BSD off of the SCSI.
-
- - ?? YOU TELL ME ???
-
- thanks,
- mike
- --
- ----------------------
-
- Mike Christiansen
- Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory
- Controls Group
- 2550 Beckleymeade Ave.
- MS.4002
- Dallas, TX. 75237
-
- 214-708-3415
- christia@latenite.ssc.gov
-