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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uunet!caen!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: can OS/2 boot manager boot FreeBSD? Date: 5 Nov 1993 02:41:34 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman MT Lines: 24 Message-ID: <2bcegu$hlf@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <1993Nov5.011523.6797@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <1993Nov5.011523.6797@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca>, Todd Pfaff <todd@flex.eng.mcmaster.ca> wrote: >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? If I remember correctly, OS/2's boot manager requires some hacking in order for it to recognize the FreeBSD partition as a 'valid' partition. Since os-bs works fine, why not stick with it. The problem lies in OS/2, not FreeBSD. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | Freely available *nix clones benefit everyone, nate@cs.montana.edu | so let's not compete with each other, let's work #: (406) 994-4836 | compete with folks who try to tie us down to home #: (406) 586-0579 | proprietary O.S.'s (Microsloth) - Me