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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: multi OS booting
Date: 4 Apr 1996 21:21:18 GMT
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Dean Roth <dean@myp.com> writes:
> My computer has three disks configured thusly:
>
> wd0 BSDI 2.0
> wd1 Linux
> sd0 FreeBSD 2.1
>
> I have no problem booting BSDI(default)or Linux (via floppy).
>
> How do I get FreeBSD to boot?
Easiest solution: disable wd0 and wd1 in the BIOS.
Useable solution: as above, then wire down your SCSI disk to be sd2,
rebuild your kernel, and re-enable wd0 and wd1
Best solution: apply Bruce Evans' patches to the boot blocks that
allow an arbitrary mapping between BIOS disk numbers
and BSD subunit numbers (posted to FreeBSD-current,
should be available in the mailing list archives
that are accessible via the Web server, search for
``How do I boot from sd5...'')
--
cheers, J"org
joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)