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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:7703 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:35687 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.hawaii.edu!ames!think.com!yale.edu!jvnc.net!nuscc!ntuix!eoahmad From: eoahmad@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg (Othman Ahmad) Subject: Re: bsd386 & msdos in 1 micro Message-ID: <1992Nov10.091810.25950@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> Organization: Nanyang Technological University - Singapore X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6] References: <br.pct.26.721364010@RLG.Stanford.EDU> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 09:18:10 GMT Lines: 33 Peter C Tam (br.pct@RLG.Stanford.EDU) wrote: : Hi, : : May be this is a FAQ, but I certainly do not know where the FAQ is. : : I try to configure a 386/486 with IDE drive for: MSDOS, Window 3.1, OS/2, : BSD386. The problem is 386/486 only boot off C disk. But looking at things, : BSD386 seems to have a different file system than MSDOS (true?) : : Does that implies I have to at least have 2 disk partitions, one for : BSD386 & 1 for the rest (MSDOS, Windows3.1, OS/2), & FDISK to activate : whichever partition? No. And it is better to put BSD not at the first partition, at least for DOS. 386bsd uses the first 14 sectors for boot-up. The first one can be loaded from another partition, and it actually do it in protected mode. : : Or have 2 hard disks, one for Unix, one for the rest, but than what : happens to the boot off only C drive restriction Or is some micro has boot : drive configurable from CMOS? : : Or is there another solution to this? i You cannot put 386bsd on the 2nd disk because 386bsd boot code, only loads from the first one. That is my understanding after examining its boot code. -- Othman bin Ahmad, School of EEE, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 2263. Internet Email: eoahmad@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg Bitnet Email: eoahmad@ntuvax.bitnet