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- From: davem@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (David Monro)
- Subject: Re: bsd386 & msdos in 1 micro
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- Organization: Sydney University Computing Service, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 15:08:35 GMT
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- br.pct@RLG.Stanford.EDU (Peter C Tam) writes:
-
- >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?
-
- > 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?
-
- > Thanks for any INFO!!!!!
-
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-
- I'm running a machine which supports Linux (a free 386 *nix clone) and dos on
- the same drive. Yes, you need multiple partitions - the unix will need its own,
- and I think I've seen references to the OS/2 filesystem, so I guess it needs one
- too.
-
- Booting is not such a hassle - you install a program which gives you a menu to
- play with, which then boots the appropriate partition. I believe OS/2 comes
- with such a program, and Linux comes with one capable of booting other OS's
- as well as itself.
-
- These programs should also overcome the second-drive boot problem - but I don't
- know about that as I only have one drive. In any case, you could have a small
- boot partition on the first drive and keep most of the system on the other
- for two of the operating systems. I am fairly certain I saw reference a while
- back to someone running a two drive system running dos, OS/2 and Linux, all
- selectable on bootup.
-
- Anyway, good luck with it, it shouldn't be too hard to do - as long as you
- have a fairly large drive to put it all on.
-
- David Monro
- --
- David Monro
- e-mail: davem@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU
- --
- David Monro
- e-mail: davem@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU
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