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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!pactitle From: pactitle@netcom.com (Pacific t) Subject: booting netbsd and/or dos/windows Message-ID: <pactitleCnur3I.1sE@netcom.com> Summary: what's the best way for multiple os's to coexist? Keywords: dos, unix, system boot Organization: pacific title digital X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Date: Wed, 6 Apr 1994 19:21:18 GMT Lines: 22 hi, i have a new 486 system with two scsi hard drives, one which currently has dos/windows, and the other on which i plan to install netbsd. when the machine boots, i would like to either start dos/windows, or netbsd. if at all possible, i'd like to have the option of either booting the system from a floppy (rather than alter the MBR on my 1st (system) hard drive), OR booting dos directly from the 1st hard drive. any ideas? i've taken a look at LILO, the linux boot utility, but (from the documentation) it appears that you need linux already installed (particularly the headers) in order to compile and install LILO, and it wasn't entirely clear to me how to create a LILO boot floppy (as all the instructions pertain to hard disk installation.) how do netbsd users typically handle booting multiple os's? any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! thanks, boyd@pactitle.com