Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 16:40:04 -0700 (PDT) From: "Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@corecode.ath.cx> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/39536: FreeBSD default bootloader does not load many modern operating systems Message-ID: <200206192340.g5JNe4u28293@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR i386/39536; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@corecode.ath.cx> To: Brad Laue <brad@brad-x.com> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: i386/39536: FreeBSD default bootloader does not load many modern operating systems Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 01:30:12 +0200 --=.rxjTxNHa'RKZ(5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Wed, 19 Jun 2002 14:09:49 -0400 (EDT) Brad Laue wrote: > The FreeBSD booter is unable to detect and boot an operating system > which is located in an extended partition. > > In recent times, it has become possible to load an operating system > from a logical drive in an extended MS-DOS partition, and operating > systems which can do this include Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft > Windows XP, Linux 2.2, 2.4, and others. > >How-To-Repeat: > Install multiple operating systems on a single drive; place either > Windows 2000 or Linux within a logical drive in an extended partition. > > Install FreeBSD and place the FreeBSD loader on the MBR. shouldn't this work this way: - MBR boots boot code in extended partition -> this new book code loads specified boot loader from logical slice besides, this logical slice stuff is pure crap :) but i'm willing to work on boot0 to provide the possibility to search within a extended slice the slice to boot from. cheerz simon -- /"\ http://corecode.ath.cx/#donate \ / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign / \ Against HTML Mail and News --=.rxjTxNHa'RKZ(5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9ERQPr5S+dk6z85oRAtXKAJ9GuYgvNnXP1awfmNu+0t5AKMPTpACfZEa9 DuIKOMIV2uZPPmpTnM483cg= =44KL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=.rxjTxNHa'RKZ(5-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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