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In article <1992Apr6.172412.1433@cco.caltech.edu>  
ernest@pundit.cithep.caltech.edu (Ernest Prabhakar) writes:

>  2.  Alternate TakeOver - If you power the machine down and stick the right  
>  floppy in the drive, you can reboot under a different OS. (cold boot)
>  3.  Soft TakeOver - you type in the right command, and it will log you out  
and  
>  come back under the new OS, and vice versa. (warm boot)
>  
>  The ideal, I would imagine, is #7, especially if it is as fast as 'native  
>  mode', although #5 is almost as good.  I fear we probably won't get better  
than  
>  #3 the first time around, though.

Well, as far as #2 and #3, a friend of mine and I told Avie that a "boot  
manager" similar to  OS/2's should be included with NS-486.  When you turn on  
the computer, a screen comes up that lists the OS's on the drives and lets you  
select which one to boot.  That way a user could very easily boot the OS they  
want instead of using kickstart floppies....


andrew
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