From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 29 06:05:25 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98B54106566B for ; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 06:05:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from unga888@yahoo.com) Received: from nm31-vm5.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com (nm31-vm5.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com [72.30.239.13]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 311FA8FC0A for ; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 06:05:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.139.212.151] by nm31.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 29 Oct 2011 06:05:24 -0000 Received: from [98.139.212.237] by tm8.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 29 Oct 2011 06:05:24 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1046.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 29 Oct 2011 06:05:24 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 350036.23832.bm@omp1046.mail.bf1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 27963 invoked by uid 60001); 29 Oct 2011 06:05:24 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1319868324; bh=fM5CH79bju48jfXUrDbW7pKvzqAMxbbXQe1BtB3NGOs=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=pyg65kg9v3rEYZRq/yHPjAwD+CFKutamcC6s1TvDh7NSUyFB7M1PDa7sRxJvONq9AmGpHd5An9Oa2DysphA2ytYMIpHbld+r34SWxDUN8c+CvJN2TGd+vL0gZCAauYBzh8QF+ZZRvDwz06/XGb9gAy4WrNoDA+KhAtim22UHvqw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=0Y42EpyeznyJ/gl0Tv2p3qFBS54yHbra9a8uHsriGgBN0ZhljK41E0sZTshgBqTYVmIjd4uSteSCUIln+koKtiJYOB0dx6rthyY1z29xdjnRjNO7bKzw1gogno53irU3kFVXSEiqel+aqxms3j8ewXLcAWG18h2dR3YXqH5h/84=; X-YMail-OSG: oVTRDr4VM1m9BUcWK664ZkhDML4Mn_7wMhNlZUzF1V71J_u BFC9jPCOzcrGZ4DlDzdnue7WB0rEI49IVfJVXyRpNOqJu0f7t_5eRra4Lb_C PEyioXgB9G8l1RTUPJGFR.gEfhdte5VI8k7_UFDNcToRtwJSBlxFS2P.5eoX eMT36m_vYHgOig3cgZpESR8qVn_MKrUWw3SjlOpirf9sV9L0qy0r5urXERfX pwUGZ3YBNewDH2Rwn07etaEDPneb85hJUcgLtehTuXUpI3x4g5nwGMdQnMWj 9Dp6zefc40JVD8XejALzGpc0dAFCW6Xsv2G67.xp_AxycJ4G3MsXHcExrljf 30TeE0HrbqsuI_.jnrarWu.1vRGuQkOVYk4bQx_rRXDZ2ZPpTZHa9OmEtytb gj1GbV.WeiOu2HNOkP.Z.IqbEfzI_RkAj8FUzC0Zl5AMcgxFrb4B2vOASOb6 pyQ1JJfkrKJpFKDpLqkK3Cg7LRcZ48a4O.OqHbkRIJtkUV6mj5cQJyzNWY3A NEiD.uT0_kYFFTA7BbTyuBUBNeHgXC9o6aXEltKxJxW1IOQ-- Received: from [121.7.30.108] by web160113.mail.bf1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:05:23 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.115.325013 References: <1319819884.93776.YahooMailNeo@web160115.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <20111029045714.B73C7106566C@hub.freebsd.org> Message-ID: <1319868323.27672.YahooMailNeo@web160113.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:05:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Unga To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" In-Reply-To: <20111029045714.B73C7106566C@hub.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Subject: Re: How to dual-boot FreeBSD 9 with Linux? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Unga List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 06:05:25 -0000 ----- Original Message -----=0A=0A> From: Thomas Mueller =0A> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org=0A> Cc: =0A> Sent: Saturday= , October 29, 2011 4:47 AM=0A> Subject: Re: How to dual-boot FreeBSD 9 with= Linux?=0A> =0A>> Is any one by now successfully dual-booting FreeBSD 9 wi= th Linux?=0A> =0A>> I have tried with OpenSuse 11.4 with FreeBSD 9. OpenSu= se installs Grub1 to =0A> mbr. Grub1 doesn't seem to support FreeBSD 9. It = cannot recognise the file =0A> system=0A> +type.=0A> =0A>> Any help in thi= s regard is very much appreciated.=0A> =0A>> Many thanks in advance.=0A> = =0A>> Unga=0A> =0A> Not yet, but I intend to, once I get Linux built and i= nstalled, possibly =0A> starting with a cross-compile from FreeBSD 9.=0A> = =0A> On my older computer, i386 (32-bit), I dual-boot FreeBSD 8.2 and Linux= =0A> (Slackware) using LILO, also FreeDOS on another hard disk, can even b= oot =0A> grub4dos and Plop (http://www.plop.at/) boot manager from LILO.=0A= > =0A> Can you use rootnoverify with grub1 (you must mean grub 0.97)?=0A> = =0AYes, it is 0.97. =0A=0A> You could also try grub2, which is in the ports= under sysutils.=0A> =0A> Is your hard disk partitioned MBR or GPT?=0A> =0A= =0AIts MBR.=0A=0A> My hard disk is partitioned GPT, I still can't boot the = hard disk directly, =0A> but using the System Rescue CD (http://sysresccd.o= rg/), I go to the Super Grub =0A> Disk in the floppy images, hit c to get t= o command prompt, and=0A> =0A> set root=3D(hd0,3)=0A> kfreebsd /boot/loader= =0A> boot=0A> =0A> You would use the actual FreeBSD partition which will pr= obably be different from =0A> (hd0,3).=0A> =0A> Tom=0A> =0A=0ATom,=A0 thank= s for the reply. I managed to get both OpenSUSE 11.4 and FreeBSD 9 dual-boo= t on i386 desktop computer.=0A=0AUnga=0A