Subject: Re: i386-current: how do I boot Windows off of my second disk?
To: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
From: Hisashi T Fujinaka <htodd@twofifty.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 05/02/2005 07:36:20
On Mon, 2 May 2005, David Laight wrote:

> On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 09:36:41PM -0700, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:
>>
>> Thanks! Unfortunately, I've really confused myself by not knowing the
>> basics. It might be in there, but I don't see how to put the original
>> bootblocks back, or why I can't boot WinXP correctly from the NetBSD
>> booter.
>
> 'fdisk -c mbr wd<n>' will copy in the standard (non-bootselect) mbr code.
>
> WinXP will boot from the netbsd mbr code, but it may not like you
> changing the disk from being disk0 to disk1.

Is there some way of switching the disk order? I know that disconnecting
the cable from the first drive allows XP to boot from the second. Is it
in order of how the BIOS finds them?

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