Booting xenix/microport unix from drives other than C:

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From: james
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 1986 03:43

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Is it possible to boot Xenix or Microport's unix from a second hard disk?  I
have two hard disks.  I am considering using one for DOS and the other for
xenix/unix.  Since (to the best of my knowledge) DOS must boot from drive C:,
this implies that Xenix needs to boot from drive D:.  Is there a way of doing
this by running a boot program under DOS, or booting the computer from a
floppy disk (which then boots xenix/unix from D:)?
-- 
James R. Van Artsdalen    ...!ut-ngp!utastro!osi3b2!james    "Live Free or Die"

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Subject: Booting xenix/microport unix from drives other than C:
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Date: Mon, 3-Nov-86 22:43:55 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov  3 22:43:55 1986
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