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From: kuo@skatter.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: First posting!? -- MINIX question
Message-ID: <264@skatter.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 20-Jan-87 19:45:02 EST
Article-I.D.: skatter.264
Posted: Tue Jan 20 19:45:02 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 30-Jan-87 05:19:01 EST
References: <901@sri-unix.ARPA> <1665@hoptoad.uucp>
Organization: Accelerator Lab, Saskatoon, Sask.
Lines: 28
Keywords: MS-DOS
Summary: bootcode.asm would let you do this

In article <1665@hoptoad.uucp>, pozar@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Pozar) writes:
> In article <901@sri-unix.ARPA> ubi@sri-unix.ARPA (Ron Ueberschaer) writes:
> >
> >	If one has a hard disk, is it possible to partition it
> >	in such a way that it would be relatively easy to switch
> >	between MINIX and MS-DOS?  Having all that UNIX-like 
> >	software is great, especially for only $80, but some people 
> >	still want to run Wordstar, BASIC (Ugh!), Turbo Pascal, and 
> >	games written for MS-DOS.
> >
> 
> MS-DOS will let you.  I don't know about MINIX...
> 	    Tim

I have seen a program called bootcode.asm that modifies the boot record
on your hard disk and prompts you for which partition to boot from when
you turn the system on.

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