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From: todd@flex.eng.mcmaster.ca (Todd Pfaff)
Subject: can OS/2 boot manager boot FreeBSD?
Message-ID: <1993Nov5.011523.6797@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
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Organization: McMaster University
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1993 01:15:23 GMT
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I just tried booting FreeBSD from the OS/2 boot manager and it failed (system
reboots when I select my entry for FreeBSD from the boot manager menu).  If I
then install os-bs, FreeBSD boot fine.

Is anybody booting FreeBSD from the OS/2 boot manager?  Any special magic required?

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