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- From: eoahmad@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg (Othman Ahmad)
- Subject: Re: bsd386 & msdos in 1 micro
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.091810.25950@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg>
- Organization: Nanyang Technological University - Singapore
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- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 09:18:10 GMT
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- Peter C Tam (br.pct@RLG.Stanford.EDU) wrote:
- : Hi,
- :
- : May be this is a FAQ, but I certainly do not know where the FAQ is.
- :
- : I try to configure a 386/486 with IDE drive for: MSDOS, Window 3.1, OS/2,
- : BSD386. The problem is 386/486 only boot off C disk. But looking at things,
- : BSD386 seems to have a different file system than MSDOS (true?)
- :
- : Does that implies I have to at least have 2 disk partitions, one for
- : BSD386 & 1 for the rest (MSDOS, Windows3.1, OS/2), & FDISK to activate
- : whichever partition?
- No. And it is better to put BSD not at the first partition, at least for DOS.
- 386bsd uses the first 14 sectors for boot-up. The first one can be loaded from
- another partition, and it actually do it in protected mode.
-
- :
- : Or have 2 hard disks, one for Unix, one for the rest, but than what
- : happens to the boot off only C drive restriction Or is some micro has boot
- : drive configurable from CMOS?
- :
- : Or is there another solution to this?
-
- i You cannot put 386bsd on the 2nd disk because 386bsd boot code, only
- loads from the first one. That is my understanding after examining its boot
- code.
-
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- Othman bin Ahmad, School of EEE,
- Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 2263.
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