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From: matt@mec.edu (Matt Bancroft)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: Dual Boot: BSDi and Linux
Date: 28 Apr 1997 03:38:48 GMT
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System Commander will allow you to dual boot all the operating systems that
you mentioned...

On Sat, 26 Apr 1997 14:29:30 -0400, Casper <tyken@thecia.net> wrote:
>I was wondering how to setup my machine to dual boot BSDi and Linux.
>I don't think that LILO (linux's loader) will allow me to boot BSDi.
>
>Can BSDi's boot loader all me to boot my linux drive or my windows95
>drive? 
>
>
>My machine is configured like this:
>SD0 is BSDi
>WD0 is Linux
>WD1 is windows95
>
>
>I have already used `disksetup -B sd0` and installed the 'bios' boot
>blocks on my SCSI drive.
>
>-matt