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- From: ujlh@pool.info.sunyit.edu (James Henrickson)
- Subject: MS-DOS, Linux, and 386BSD on the same hard drive
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.075612.6322@pool.info.sunyit.edu>
- Organization: State University of New York -- Institute of Technology
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 07:56:12 GMT
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- I have received mail from quite a few people asking about installing
- MS-DOS, Linux, and 386BSD on the same drive. Until now, everything
- coexisted well but I had the MS-DOS MBR and had to boot MS-DOS and
- Linux from floppy. (I use 386BSD most of the time.) I have since
- corrected that situation and would like to share my information with
- anyone that wants to know.
-
- After booting Linux from floppy, I installed LILO (LInux LOader) as
- the MBR. It allows me to select a default boot (in my case 386BSD),
- and gives me a choice if I hit the "Ctrl" key just after I turn the
- computer on. I have a "lowly" 386SX, but people with faster machines
- may want to use an optional timeout period for hitting the "Ctrl" key.
- LILO also saves a copy of the original MBR.
-
- I read in the LILO (version 5) README file that LILO works with
- other operating systems, but 386BSD was not specifically mentioned.
- I have cross-posted this so that (1) more people can use both systems,
- and (2) the LILO people know it works with 386BSD.
-
- --
- Jim H.
- *
- * James L. Henrickson | "I don't need a signature, I need a job!"
- * ujlh@sunyit.edu | BSCS, December 1992
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