Subject: Re: bootselector doesn't show up
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Georges Heinesch <geohei-ml@geohei.lu>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/19/2001 00:53:18
Quoting Manuel Bouyer (18-May-01 15:43:20):

> On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 02:52:48PM +0100, Georges Heinesch wrote:

>> Hi.
>> 
>> I installed NetBSD/i386 on my WinNT system. It's located at the end
>> of my second EIDE harddisk (wd1). I elected to install the
>> bootselector, since I want to be able to choose between WinNT and
>> NetBSD during the boot phase.
>> 
>> However while booting, this "bootselector" never shows up.
>> WinNT starts up liek it did before.
>> 
>> What went wrong?

> It installed the boot selector on wd1, I guess you want one on wd0
> :)

Uhhh ... shame on me.

Does it harm in any respect if I leave the bootselector on wd1, or do
I have to remove it for some reason?

> boot from floppy again, get a shell and type 'fdisk -B wd0' and
> anserw questions.

That's what I did now and it seemed to work. The bootselector is now
installed on wd0.

When I boot now, The bootmenu appears:

F1 WinNT
F2 NetBSD

When I press F1 (or no entry, defualt set to F1 with timout 5
seconds), WinNT starts. When I press F2, nothing happens. I have to
reboot.

What goes wrong here?

> You'll be able to access the second disk with F5
> (or F6, I don't remember).

Don't know what you mean here.

Where shall I use F5 (or F6) to access the second disk?

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