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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!spool.mu.edu!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.bri.connect.com.au!corolla.OntheNet.com.au!news From: Tony Griffiths <tonyg@onthenet.com.au> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Boot off 2nd IDE drive? Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 18:15:47 +1000 Organization: Network Technologies P/L Lines: 13 Message-ID: <31C908B3.2781@onthenet.com.au> References: <31C84997.4BC5@ase.telerate.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pulsar.nt.com.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (X11; I; OSF1 V3.2 alpha) Jim King wrote: > > I just got a new PC with pre-installed software on an IDE hard drive. To > save myself the hassle of repartitioning I'd like to install a 2nd IDE > drive and install FreeBSD on that drive. Will I be able to boot > FreeBSD off the 2nd drive? > > Jim I think that you will need to install the boot manager (mangler) which should then give you the option of booting off drive C or D (FreeBSD)! Tony