Subject: Re: How to Multi boot window2000 & NetBSD
To: Matt Johnson <mattj@3am-software.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 06/29/2001 15:40:24
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 11:47:56AM -0700, Matt Johnson wrote:
> At 07:33 PM 6/28/2001 +0200, you wrote:
> >On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 06:16:18PM +0900, B.G.Jung wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I made CD with i386cd.iso and install on my PC.
> > >
> > > 1) disk partitioning as following : total 30G disk
> > > c: 10G : win2000
> > > d: 20G : NetBSD
> > >
> > > 2) "boot.ini" file contents
> > > [boot loader]
> > > timeout=30
> > > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
> > > [operating systems]
> > > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
> > > Professional" /fastdetect
> > >
> > > 3) Could anyone tell me what should I do to multi-booting win2000 & NetBSD?
> >
> >You have several solution, one of them is to install the NetBSD boot
> >selector (the install system should give you this choise).
> >It should also be possible to use Windows boot selector but I've never done
> >it so I can't help.
> >
> >--
> >Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
> >--
> 
> I am facing a similar problem. The NetBSD boot selector which I tried to 
> install with the installer did not work. I have setup OSBS so that I can 
> now boot NT (which is on the first disk). However I can only boot NetBSD 
> (which is on the second disk) with a diskette. I would like to be able to 
> boot NetBSD from a boot loader, such as OSBS. Any suggestions?

Why doesn't the NetBSD boot load work ? Did you properly install
it on the first disk (fdisk -B wd0, and not fdisk -B wd1)) ?
With this you should be able to boot the second disk with
F5 or F6 (I never remember). Not message it printed but it works :)

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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