Subject: Re: Multiboot w/o sliver partitions
To: Mark Willey <willeyma@expert.cc.purdue.edu>
From: Paul Apprich <psapp@terra.cnct.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 07/01/1996 07:36:17
On Mon, 1 Jul 1996, Mark Willey wrote:

> Paul Apprich writes:
> > 
> > 
> > 	I have the following system:
> > 
> > 486 dx2 66 w/ 16MB RAM
> > hdd0: 244 MB HDD w/ msdos 6.2
> > hdd1: 169 MB HDD w/ NetBSD v1.1 (i386)
> > 
> > 	I would like to keep the disks as they are without having to put 
> > 'crawlspace' partitions on hdd 0. In other words, is there a multiboot 
> > program that will force the system to boot from the *second* hard drive 
> > as if it were the first (read cyl 0 head 0 sector 0 hdd1). I've tried 
> > creating a single track partition with some int 13h code to load the MBR 
> > from hdd1 and jump to MBR code, but I am getting nowhere fast. Is there a 
> > way to tell int 19h from which drive to boot?
> 
> I do this exact thing currently with OS-BS.  You want Version 2.0 beta 8,
> or later.  I have it somewhere if you want me to make it available.
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
Definitely! whether by FTP or attachment, I need it!

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