Subject: mbr_bootsel and booting from >30GB
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Christoph Kaegi <kgc@zhwin.ch>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/15/2002 09:06:41
Hi

I used to have a raid-1 system with identical disks.
Now, they can't replace my failed 30GB disk and give me
a 45GB instead.

Is it possible, to have the following setup and boot
the evil OS from the remaining 15GB Partition?

     DISK 1              DISK 2
 I------------I      I------------I
 I raiddev 0  I      I raiddev 0  I
 I------------I      I------------I
 I raiddev 1  I      I raiddev 1  I
 I------------I      I------------I
 I raiddev 2  I      I raiddev 2  I
 I------------I      I------------I
                     I partition  I
                     I with       I
                     I evil OS    I
                     I------------I

I think it should be possible by installing mbr_bootsel on
both MBRs.

When booting normaly (no interaction) NetBSD would be loaded
from Disk1/Raid

When pressing F5 (2nd Disk), then F2 (2nd Partition), would
it boot Windows?

Thanks

Christoph

P.S: Its sad, but I *need* Windows, because Photoshop is the
     only graphics program which supports 16bit Colors/Channel

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Christoph Kaegi                                           kgc@zhwin.ch
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