Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!psuvax1!wuarchive!wugate!uunet!fciva!dag From: dag@fciva.FRANKLIN.COM (Daniel A. Graifer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386 Subject: Re: Need way to run multiple UNIXes on same 386 box Message-ID: <495@fciva.FRANKLIN.COM> Date: 28 Sep 89 13:05:39 GMT References: <1187@vsi.COM> Reply-To: dag@fciva.UUCP (Daniel A. Graifer) Distribution: comp Organization: Franklin Capital Investments, Inc. McLean, Va. Lines: 30 In article <1187@vsi.COM> friedl@vsi.COM (Stephen J. Friedl) writes: > I will soon have the "opportunity" to run two different >versions of UNIX on my 386 (along with DOS) and I wish to avoid >losing my mind switching between the two. Each UNIX will >probably have its own ESDI hard disk, with DOS being on one of >the drives as well. >[...] >-- >Stephen J. Friedl / V-Systems, Inc. / Santa Ana, CA / +1 714 545 6442 >3B2-kind-of-guy / {attmail uunet}!vsi!{bang!}friedl / friedl@vsi.com > >"This posting is a word to the wise, but you can read it too" - me If you are not wedded to ESDI, the WD7000FASST SCSI Controller on my machine, if it sees more than 1 bootable partition, asks which one to use. I've only tried it with 2 (DOS & Bell Tech), but I can see no reason why 3 wouldn't work. I like this board, and the Columbia Data Products software that comes with it. Good luck Dan The address below is no longer strictly valid, as the Company is out of business. But the machine remains up and running for now.... --- Daniel A. Graifer Franklin Capital Investments uunet!fciva!dag 7900 Westpark Drive, Suite A130 (703)821-3244 McLean, VA 22102