Well, I'm still in the process of installing netBSD for the first time, but
I have a dual boot of Win2K and Redhat, and this is what I did to modify the
boot.ini file.

1) I downloaded a program called Bootpart.exe (you can download it here:
http://www.webbarbarian.net/downloads/misc/bootpa22.zip )
2) Here is a link that steps through the process of using bootpart.exe:
http://www.xperts.co.za/multiboot/page8.html
    It takes a few seconds for it to redirect you to the correct page. So,
please give it a few seconds...

I hope that helps!

Bryan Balsley


>From: Chris Gilbert <chris@paradox.demon.co.uk>
>To: Matt Johnson <mattj@3am-software.com>, netbsd-help@netbsd.org
>Subject: Re: How to Multi boot window2000 & NetBSD
>Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 10:58:17 +0100
>
>On Thursday 28 June 2001  7:47 pm, 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.
> > >
> > 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?
>
>It's probably worth reading the i386 FAQ:
>http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/i386/faq.html
>
>As this gives some suggestions on setting up the bootloader.
>
>For starting NetBSD on a second disk I've got the NetBSD bootmenu system,
>it's a bit strange, but you install it onto both the first and 2nd disk, 
>then
>setup disk 1's entries as approptriate, and then setup disk 2's entries as
>appropriate, when disk 1 boots I get a menu:
>F1: Windows
>F2: Linux
>
>if you then press F6 it runs the bootblocks on disk 2 (pressing F5-8 gives
>you disk 1-4 (wd0-wd3))  Which then lets you boot through to netbsd.
>
>You can set your defaults up so that it automatically does this.
>
>lilo will also work if you've got a linux partition handy.
>
>Cheers,
>Chris
>

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