On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 11:53:57AM -0500, Chris Stone wrote:
> 
> Hi, 
> 
> I am switching from Linux to netbsd. The problem I am having involves 
> configuring my machine to boot netbsd, it will boot windows. I am 
> currently using a boot floppy which I interrupt to type "boot 
> wd1:netbsd". Here's my layout. 
> 
> I have windows 2000 server installed on a 3gig partition on wd0. 
> linux was installed on the second 3gig partition. 
> lilo is on the mbr 
> netbsd is installed on a 30gig drive wd1 
> 
> I have looked at the instructions at 
> <http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/i386/faq.html> to try to figure this out, 
> but I just don't get it. Should I use the NT bootloader, or OS-BS, or 
> the netbsd bootmenu? 
> 
> The part that I really don't understand is: 
> --snip 
> Please note that if you don't have NetBSD on your first disk, you'll 
> have to recompile the bootblock and install it, before you can run the 
> above command. (For the recompiling you need some minor tweaking in 
> /usr/src/sys/arch/i386/boot). 
> --end snip 

Hum, I don't think this is still true.
If you have only NetBSD bootable on wd1, just asking lilo to boot the
second disk should be enouth.
Otherwise you can install the NetBSD boot menu on wd0, and boot the second
disk with 'F5' or 'F6' (I don't remember). But this will kill lilo.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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