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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!agate!iat.holonet.net!richardl From: richardl@iat.holonet.net (Richard Levenberg) Subject: OS/2 boot manager and BSD386 Message-ID: <Bx6Ert.EG8@iat.holonet.net> Organization: HoloNet (BBS: 510-704-1058) Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1992 05:19:04 GMT Lines: 27 I work in tech support and am trying to set up a 200 meg hard disk with two partitions 1) for dos and windows which i currently have to support over the phone and 2) a bsd partition for development. i am trying to use the OS/2 boot manager (only because it is the only one of which I know and that I have) (maybe I have others and am unaware) each time i have the bsd install in free space and try to boot it from boot manager the system reboots itself. one thing that i noticed right before i gave up for the day was that the bsd had to be installed before you could make the portion of free space that it would (in the future) install itself a part of the boot manager menu and then the OS/2 boot manager would report the old free space as more room on the disk making the disk larger than it actually was. i know this is confusing and i would be glad to try and explain to anyone with any suggestions or help. i can be reached (in order of ease) 1-800-767-8005 x 302 510-420-8777 x 302 richardl@orac.holonet.net richard@la.tis.com thank you in advance for any help. richardl