Short: Start NetBSD or Amiga-DOS with L-Shift
Author: Christoph Wilhelm
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Type: misc/util

BSD-Switch © 1995 - Christoph Wilhelm
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Are YOU a regular user of NetBSD?
Are YOU also a regular user of Amiga-DOS based programs?
Are YOU tired of starting NetBSD manually or
are YOU tired of changing you Startup-Sequence?

--> Try BSD-Switch!

About this program
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After installing NetBSD one year ago, I first wrote a short batch
script that started NetBSD with the "loadbsd" command. This worked
fine, but it needed Amiga-DOS to work. So I decided to implement
some short GUI-programm with two buttons allowing me to choose at
startup-time wether I want load NetBSD or not. I am a regular user
of the Retina Z2 graphics card and the Commo' deinterlace card using
two different Startup-Sequences for each possible screen-resolution.
So, it was (of course!) impossible to get IDCMP-input from both,
the retina and the interlaced AGA screen. I decided that screen-
output isn't necessary and wrote a short hack that starts AmigaDOS
if the left Shift key is pressed on boot-time and NetBSD if not.
The program works fine now for nearly one year and after the apperance
of the NetBSD-distribution on MeetingPearls II and the "Amiga Son-
derheft CD" I decided to make the program available for public.

Here it is!

Requirements
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   - Kickstart 2.04+
   - 5 kb of memory
   - a working NetBSD
   - and of course an Amiga!

Installation
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1. copy 'BSD-Switch' to your C: directory
2. edit your Startup-Sequence and place

      C:BSD-Switch <loadbsd-dir> <kernel-dir_and_name> >nil:

   just BEFORE your SetPatch-command.

   <loadbsd-dir>     = the directory, where your 'loadbsd'
                       command is located
   <kernel-dir...>   = The name of the kernel and its path

   Example:
      1. your 'loadbsd' command is in the C: directory
      2. your kernel is in 'devs:kernel' and is called 'netbsd.lite'

      -> C:BSD-Switch C: devs:kernel/netbsd.lite >nil:
         should be the first entry of your Startup-Sequence

Remarks
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   a) BSD-Switch starts the kernel always in Multiuser-Mode.
   b) Pressing left shift at boot starts AmigaDOS.
   c) look at the source-code and change it to satisfy your
      needs.

Legal Mumbo-Jumbo
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   I am not responsible for any damage caused by this program.

   "bsd-switch" and the contents of this archive, modified or
   unmodified, MUST NOT be used with or within any comercial
   products.

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   Christoph Wilhelm
   P.O. Box 1360
   57537 Wissen (Sieg)
   Germany