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From: ikhala@netcom.com (I'Khala)
Subject: Re: OS/2 and DOS, now want NETBSD on 2nd HD using boot manager
Message-ID: <ikhalaDn9to6.CDr@netcom.com>
Organization: Freek N Geeks
References: <4givcq$14fm@rtpnews.raleigh.ibm.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 08:16:54 GMT
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Sender: ikhala@netcom12.netcom.com

In article <4givcq$14fm@rtpnews.raleigh.ibm.com>,
Thomas Evans <evans@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com> wrote:
>Anybody done this, OS-BS doesn't seem to support a second disk, 
>boot manager won't let me add NETBSD partition? After installation of
>NetBSD, it only shows a small partition, I told it to use entire disk.
>I've installed LINUX/FREEBSD without problems.
>thx, Tom
>tjevans@rtp.ibm.com
>

booteasy v1.4 supports booting from a 2nd hd.  you can find it at your
nearest Simtel bitbucket under msdos/bootutil/bteasy14.zip ... ;-)

i'chi
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