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- From: tweten@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Dave Tweten)
- Subject: Re: [386BSD] partitioning and other things
- Keywords: partition, magic numbers
- References: <1992Dec20.221431.12825@cs.cornell.edu>
- Sender: news@nas.nasa.gov (News Administrator)
- Organization: NAS Systems Division, NASA Ames
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 21:08:48 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.210848.13226@nas.nasa.gov>
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- In article <1992Dec20.221431.12825@cs.cornell.edu> cchase@cs.cornell.edu (Craig Chase) writes:
- >I have just installed 386bsd on my computer and have a few questions:
-
- >2) I am currently running the os/2 2.0 boot manager which allows me to select
- > which operating system to boot. Problem, it will not boot 386bsd for
- > me. Is there another boot manager available that will work with
- > dos, os/2 and 386bsd?
-
- There are two which have been posted in the past six months. OS-BS
- seems to be the most popular, judging from mentions on the net. My
- favorite is Booteasy, because it more closely matches my usage patterns.
-
- OS-BS has a fixed default boot partition. When it asks and you don't
- answer, after a few seconds thats the partition that boots. By
- contrast, Booteasy uses the last chosen partition as the default. Since
- I reboot more often than I choose a different boot partition I find it
- more convenient.
-
- I believe that both are available from agate.berkeley.edu by anonymous
- FTP.
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