Subject: How to boot from NetBSD partition?
To: None <netbsd-help@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Scott Mitchell <rsm1@lucy.cs.waikato.ac.nz>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/13/1995 12:07:11
Hi all, 
 
I installed NetBSD-i386 for the first time this morning -- everything seemed 
to be fine until the time came to reboot into my new OS. Some background: 
 
My system is a DECpc LPx+ DX4/100, 8Mb RAM, 2 IDE drives -- a 270Mb C: and a 
540 Mb D:. DOS/Windows lives on the 270Mb disk, and the plan was to devote 
the entire 540Mb drive to NetBSD. 
 
The installation appeared to proceed perfectly, but I now have no idea how to 
get the system to boot from the 2nd IDE disk. I still want to be able to use 
DOS/Win, so I assume I need to install some kind of boot selector. I grabbed 
'os-bs' from ftp.netbsd.org, thinking this would do the trick, but it doesn't 
notice the prescence of the 2nd drive....what have I done wrong?! 
 
If its relevant, the disks are a Western Digital WDAC1270F (917cyl, 12head, 
48sec) and a Seagate ST3660A (1057cyl, 16head, 63sec). All the hardware is 
recognised correctly by the insatllation disk. 
 
Many thanks in advance, 
 
 
          Scott Mitchell 
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