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From: gab10@cd.amdahl.com (Gary A Browning)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Cross booting BSD <-> DOS
Keywords: Cross Booting,Partition Tables,DOS,BSD
Message-ID: <7bZX02S324yL01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>
Date: 2 Oct 92 07:30:20 GMT
References: <ganter.717794149@milton>
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In article <ganter.717794149@milton>, ganter@milton.u.washington.edu (M.
Ganter) writes:
> I have BSD running on my 486DX-33. I am impressed! Thanks to all
> for more than a job well done. I have my 200 MB partitioned with
> 80 MB for DOS and 120 MB for BSD. I've read 386BSD.FAQ and BUGLIST
> so I understand that shutdown -todos does not work. Currently, I've
> been using the boot off floppy technique (then FDISK to change active
> partitions). Question: IS there a utility available which provides
> partition selection at boot time? Do I have to re-install everything
> both DOS and BSD to use such a tool? ...Mark
There is a pretty friendly program called OS-BS that should take care of your
problem. I'm pretty sure it is on agate in the 386BSD subdirectory somewhere.
You do not have to reinstall the O/Ss to use it.
--
Gary Browning | Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a
| great idea hits you, and just before you realize
| what is wrong with it.