Subject: Re: i386-current: how do I boot Windows off of my second disk.
To: None <netbsd-users@NetBSD.org>
From: Hisashi T Fujinaka <htodd@twofifty.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 01/23/2006 12:56:55
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, David Laight wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 01:28:43AM -0800, Brian Buhrow wrote:
>>
>> 	Here's the problem:  You can't use the NetBSD boot selector with Win
>> NT, 2000, or XP Pro.  (This might be true of XP Home as well, but I haven't
>> tested it.)
>
> That just isn't true.  It definitely boot win2k (I do it at work), and
> I know of no reason why it won't boot the others.
>
> You will need to have done the installation with the disk having the
> same (bios) disk number.

I got it to work when I made the XP disk #1 and the NeB disk #2. I'm
using the NetBSD boot selector on both disks, too.

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Hisashi T Fujinaka - htodd@twofifty.com
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