Subject: Re: NetBSD on a multi-OS system
To: Cisco Lopez-Fresquet <cisco@src.honeywell.com>
From: Brian Moore <ziff@eecs.umich.edu>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/21/1995 06:04:53
What you really want to use in this case is a program called OS-BS.  The latest
beta version ( latest meaning sometime around 1993, I think.  Has anybody seen
an earlier version than 2.0b8? ) will allow you to boot off of different drives
along with different partitions.  It works great for me.  You can find it at

	ftp://ftp.eecs.umich.edu/incoming/osbsBETA.exe 

Good luck,
--Brian

> 
> I am installing NetBSD on a system with several other operating systems
> (several flavors of Windows, plus MS-DOS).  I have installed a second hard
> drive to hold NetBSD, and have progressed through partitioning & kernel
> installation, to the point where I am told to "reboot and install the rest
> of the distribution sets."
> 
> My problem:  I need to install a boot loader of some sort so that I can
> choose to have NetBSD boot rahter than Windows NT, and the NetBSD
> documentation is woefully inadequate on this point.  We were using the
> Windows NT boot manager initially, but this doesn't seem to want to
> recognize NetBSD.  I have heard that there are programs like BOOTLOADER and
> BTEASY tht would do the job.  I have also considered using the LILO program
> from LINUX.
> 
> I am stuck on how to get a boot manager installed that will recognize
> NetBSD, as well as all the currently loaded operating systems.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
>  - Cisco Lopez-Fresquet
>    Systems and Software Technology Group
>    HTC Honeywell