Since this is i386 specific the best place to ask this question
	would be on port-i386@netbsd.org

	If you are paranoid then one thing you could do would be to boot
	into NetBSD and run
		'dd if=/dev/wd0d of=/root/save bs=32k count=1'
	which saves the first 32k of the primary disk to /root/save
	You can then test a boot loader, and if you have any problems
	run
		'dd if=/root/save of=/dev/wd0d'
	to restore the boot area of the first disk :)

	2) is a partitcularly good idea - there should really be an
	easy way to produce custom boot blocks - could you submit
	a PR on that?
	

		David/absolute

	Abandoning a syncing disk... or syncing an abandoned disk?

On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Claude Marinier wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I have a PII with Windows NT on the first disk drive (wd0) and NetBSD
> 1.4.1 on the second disk drive (wd1). I put a 66 MB DOS partition at the
> beginning of wd1 so I can boot a minimal DOS and hold the distribution;
> the reset of the disk is for NetBSD.
> 
> I do not want to touch the WinNT disk. Currently, I boot the NetBSD system
> from the install floppy (hit the space bar then type "boot wd1a:netbsd").
> 
> If I want to improve things, I have two options.
> 
> 1) One of you could convince me that it is safe to install a boot selector
>    on the first disk. It would have to be free (preferably, one of the
>    boot selectors from the NetBSD distribution). I am not convinced this
>    is safe and am suspicious of WinNT (especially since I am running the
>    Windows 2000 Beta 3).
> 
> 2) One of you could tell me how to make a boot floppy that will boot from
>    wd1a:netbsd by default.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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