From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 6 10:48:42 2010 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 38DA91065670 for ; Fri, 6 Aug 2010 10:48:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gurpreet007@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f182.google.com (mail-qy0-f182.google.com [209.85.216.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDF2D8FC08 for ; Fri, 6 Aug 2010 10:48:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk32 with SMTP id 32so6766686qyk.13 for ; Fri, 06 Aug 2010 03:48:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=O4X3M9iP+EvVukgTWRpf2a8qYQ0PkS77BrhCG2UHLJ4=; b=sJkbWuu1Zs6zNK0BTmCawsb/EoAgMEw7KgEKUfuN5XbC/C/KdMdx78MDz651SNKYfn L8TK5wdWod+wGvtKR3i1Nplq7CLmVMMI8q8sFgm7Mg1C6bjXMAg9RHhNazsiJ8kMLPWh 6UV1EpJRQs/FKm9q6GGvVvWZN5cDI4PU0VrXY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=oaB/pi+zL9QVoCqyueqIIJljMKtySxijFhP+t5J7loKv2yRGK+GSgh6iGxG3PvL1zn r9Gnkgc0/NQT/HM2TWw/kIfIrzwBi+4cSvsCY+XlWvy4F0HgnanaSzX1HH4JgiJTsNR1 lUmt4oMH2pvc5oaihUj8Ek72Ay2KZRblYpbNw= Received: by 10.229.231.8 with SMTP id jo8mr4644991qcb.45.1281091721102; Fri, 06 Aug 2010 03:48:41 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.78.218 with HTTP; Fri, 6 Aug 2010 03:48:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4C5BB236.7040206@gmail.com> References: <4C5BB236.7040206@gmail.com> From: me Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 16:18:20 +0530 Message-ID: To: Umut Tabak Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd along with debian X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:48:42 -0000 If you already have Debian installed, with GRUB on MBR and you have a free primary partition lying around then you can install FreeBSD normally using the free primary partition as your BSD slice and making BSD partitions over it. When FreeBSD ask you about Bootloader chose to leave the MBR untouched. Once FreeBSD is installed you can boot into Debian and add FreeBSD entry in grub's config file. Next time you reboot you should get option to boot in Debian or FreeBSD right from GRUB. I did same 2 weeks ago, I had WinXP and Debian Testing, now I have FreeBSD and Debian Testing and I am happier than ever :) On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Umut Tabak wrote: > Dear all, > > As a potential user of FreeBsd, I would like to install FreeBsd along with > Debian testing. I did a googling on how to install both on the same machine, > however I also would like to make a post here, in case some better, easier > to follow sites might be provided. > > As far as I can read from the installation manual, FreeBsd's partitioning > scheme is different than linux, this is the 1st difference I know for now. I > would appreciate if you could direct me to web pages(if any) where these > differences are pointed out. > > Best wishes, > Umut > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Life is not fair. Get used to it. .... Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.