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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!mcsun!uknet!comlab.ox.ac.uk!smg From: smg@physiology.oxford.ac.uk (Steve Gough) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Booting 386BSD from second IDE drive? Message-ID: <1992Sep1.154658.18258@motor.physiolmotor.physiol> Date: 1 Sep 92 14:46:58 GMT Sender: smg@motor.physiol (Steve Gough) Organization: Physiology Department, Oxford University, Oxford, UK. Lines: 22 Originator: smg@motor.physiol I have installed 386BSD on a whole drive (which was surprisingly easy, thanks to the install program). At the moment to switch between booting DOS or BSD, I swap drive cables, change the CMOS drive parameters and reboot---there has to be an easier way! The FAQ mentions setting active partitions on a single drive, but nothing about booting from a second drive. Presumably I'd have to boot from a floppy and then load unix from the IDE drive. Is there the equivalent of Sun's `b (,,)' monitor command? I also thought that reboot/shutdown/halt might offer a solution, but haven't found one yet. Steve. -- Stephen Gough McDonnell-Pew Centre For Cognitive Neuroscience smg@physiol.ox.ac.uk University Laboratory Of Physiology tel: +44 865 272514 Parks Road fax: +44 865 272469 Oxford OX1 3PT