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Re: boot loader question


From: "Erik Wikström" <erik-wikstrom@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 19:24:21 +0200

"Jaime Andrés Ballesteros" <jaimeandresb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:c94c2e0050404071414674622@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi all.
> i'm a new DgnFly user. I install my DgnFly in a SATA 120GB HD. Today
> it goes well and i'm very happy with this experience. I have one
> question: I see that the boot loader allows me to boot other SO. How
> can i configure this for boot my WinXP? I know that this question is
> very easy but i'm a new user of BSD's systems.
>
> Thanks to everyone for the support.
>
> Jaime Andrés

If XP is installed on the same disk you can use the boot0cfg utility (might
be useful even if it's on some other disk). I recomend that you take a look
at the man-page, but something like this might be what you want:
boot0cfg -B -f /tmp/backup.mbr -o packet ad0
This should give you a menu at boot-time where you can select the OS to
boot, the loader is not to smart and will list all partitions on the drive,
even those without an OS (this can be fixed with the -m option). Since I've
only got one disk I don't know how more will be handeled.

--
Erik Wikström





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