Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!vsi!friedl From: friedl@vsi.COM (Stephen J. Friedl) Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386 Subject: Need way to run multiple UNIXes on same 386 box Message-ID: <1187@vsi.COM> Date: 24 Sep 89 06:08:47 GMT Distribution: comp Organization: V-Systems, Inc. -- Santa Ana, CA Lines: 33 Hi folks, 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. Right now it looks like I'll have to manually swap cables going to the drives to get the UNIX of interest to drive zero so I can boot, and I will lose interest in this rapidly: I gotta find another way. Current thoughts are to try one of: [1] some kind of drive cable switch box [2] replacing the boot block (aka Microport's boot?) [3] boot a DOS program that prompts for the partition [4] something else Choices [2] or [3] might allow me to run everything on a big (~700MB) drive, and I guess this would be best if I could find it. A friend of mine recalls vaguely seeing something about [3] but has no idea where he saw it. Any ideas? Please? Steve -- 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