Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 07:01:31 +0200 (CEST) From: "P.U.Kruppa" <ulrich@pukruppa.net> To: Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: adding a linux boot option Message-ID: <20061007064718.D1394@pukruppa.net> In-Reply-To: <200610062053.01980.freebsd@dfwlp.com> References: <200610062053.01980.freebsd@dfwlp.com>
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On Fri, 6 Oct 2006, Jonathan Horne wrote: > i have a system with 2 disks (ad0 and ad1), with ad1 having a recent suse > linux install, and ad0 is a standard freebsd install. i must have made a > mistake when i installed the suse, as i overwrote my freebsd bootloader and > only had option to boot suse. > > so i then reinstalled freebsd, and i again must have made another mistake, as > the freebsd loader only shows F1 for Freebsd, and nothing else (well, F5 for > drive 1, but that does nothing usable right now). > > is there an easy way i can add an option to boot the OS located at /dev/ad1s2? Depends on what went wrong!?! A very simple solution could be to install a boot manager like GAG (http://gag.sourceforge.net/) At least - since this is a small download and a quick install - I would try it, before I did any further reading of fine manuals :-) Regards, Uli. > > cheers, > jonathan > _______________________________________________ > 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" > Peter Ulrich Kruppa Wuppertal Germany
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