On Tue, 19 Aug 2003, David Laight wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 08:26:02PM -0700, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:
> > On Mon, 18 Aug 2003, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:
> >
> > > I would like to use the bootloader to load off of a second disk (where I
> > > loaded xp) but I can't figure out if there's any way to do this.
> > >
> > > Anyone have any hints?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> >
> > Thanks to someone's suggestion to use grub, I now have a non-operational
> > system. Does anyone now know what magic I need to repair the system
> > using fdisk/mbrselect?
>
> Are you running 'current' or 1.6?
>
> If current, run 'fdisk -c /usr/mdec/mbr_bootsel -u' and add a bootmenu
> name to the netbsd partition on the first disk. Use F2 to boot the second disk.
>
> If 1.6 you'll need to do 'fdisk -B' instead.  Use F6 to boot the second disk.
>
> (there was a good reason for changing the key!)

Aha! The behavior of fdisk has changed.

Now I can boot into Windows, but not netbsd. I'm getting closer. Perhaps
if I find some old boot floppies and install the old booting first.

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Hisashi T Fujinaka - htodd@twofifty.com
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