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- From: smg@physiology.oxford.ac.uk (Steve Gough)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Booting 386BSD from second IDE drive?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.154658.18258@motor.physiolmotor.physiol>
- Date: 1 Sep 92 14:46:58 GMT
- Sender: smg@motor.physiol (Steve Gough)
- Organization: Physiology Department, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.
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- Originator: smg@motor.physiol
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- I have installed 386BSD on a whole drive (which was surprisingly easy,
- thanks to the install program). At the moment to switch between
- booting DOS or BSD, I swap drive cables, change the CMOS drive parameters
- and reboot---there has to be an easier way!
-
- The FAQ mentions setting active partitions on a single drive, but
- nothing about booting from a second drive.
-
- Presumably I'd have to boot from a floppy and then load unix from
- the IDE drive. Is there the equivalent of Sun's `b (,,)' monitor
- command?
-
- I also thought that reboot/shutdown/halt might offer a solution,
- but haven't found one yet.
-
- Steve.
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