From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 24 16:06:49 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F80A54D for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 16:06:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) Received: from nm2-vm0.bullet.mail.ukl.yahoo.com (nm2-vm0.bullet.mail.ukl.yahoo.com [217.146.183.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C7B08FC14 for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 16:06:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [217.146.183.216] by nm2.bullet.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 24 Nov 2012 16:06:47 -0000 Received: from [217.146.182.142] by tm9.bullet.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 24 Nov 2012 16:06:47 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp115.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 24 Nov 2012 16:06:47 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rocketmail.com; s=s1024; t=1353773207; bh=5MK7KrI1CUdnGfGf5jSqwV1My6OnPQDAx0DOri1XyZs=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Received:Message-ID:Subject:From:To:Date:Content-Type:X-Mailer:Mime-Version:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=1GvBzxe3Gqn0DhZcmpyyeD63ewsI0bqwvNudCF8avurfUWvw/cIkfQf9bCS2Sv+7FloBwlTyau88evRgzi0Dbq1p4jzzrUeOxnrebMoQPFoPXt8ti4uo+W5pM8qe33pF9xaIS/UclleH5Vrvs6NeqwLTklUjQjodkL5TwyEhjBo= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 211016.47994.bm@smtp115.mail.ukl.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: s0DBOM8VM1lfy5XyHj62zky02mnVHqpnrwyw_H1Qcl08b3r brDNvIlceq9xC_cD_xQkRPdXQcVFLgdqFvSc3hFjppEiO7BE7gv7WIzw8tLy E66dniZZhZHnIXZ29lGpC7nUotn.pmHZNn4e2LCq0od2tNLRtPQaOZm9UmH1 2wznrP_ZzoqpshDMetjZorYU.BpR5FH3iApY7f0pTJQb3r4P9sMn3uXDo35a 1PnqFRIieZNBu8J1Tc_Kkf2JtbhomwlqOYCoh1sDt2th4BVb45Tj7_MbWgBo f5cQweGe8w88fIT7ZVXJUj5.TR.sekOkcYEPqt540x.TcnfFv1xUUnyUlCch wC80ugIFtcjTHR.ly4.Q4GnQPxsKTo6Q4ZbatGYPjG6oEpI_ZCvtsa7eGUbT Fwq9RTHflxaZ9z.W1aGP9hRc0bsmCErZJ.0TjG3mX X-Yahoo-SMTP: BeMCPs2swBABTJ3kAeEiC_hE0mz8jRexLddJfD8pI2j32fOacjBmXg-- Received: from [92.231.4.54] (ralf.mardorf@92.231.4.54 with login) by smtp115.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with SMTP; 24 Nov 2012 08:06:47 -0800 PST Message-ID: <1353773206.4982.20.camel@q> Subject: Multi-boot Linux + FreeBSD From: Ralf Mardorf To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:06:46 +0100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.6.0-0ubuntu3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 16:06:49 -0000 Hi, as a long time Linux user I'll test FreeBSD, because I've got issues with my sound card on Linux. I'm already subscribed to FreeBSD multimedia. Perhaps later today I'll install 9.0 amd64. If possible I'll keep my Linux GRUB legacy. Can I use my menu.lst [1] and add a chainloader or something similar to boot FreeBSD from /dev/sda1? FWIW I made backups of my HDD's MBRs. I wonder if the installer will overwrite the MBR? I also would like to know, if there's a way to recover the partition table, including a primary FreeBSD partition/slice, if this ever should get broken and there should be no backup of the partition table be available. TIA, Ralf [1] $ cat /boot/grub/menu.lst timeout 8 default 0 color light-blue/black light-cyan/blue title Ubuntu Quantal, kernel 3.6.5-rt14 root (hd1,8) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.6.5-rt14 root=/dev/sdb9 ro quiet initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.6.5-rt14 title Ubuntu Quantal, kernel 3.5.0-18-lowlatency threadirqs root (hd1,8) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-18-lowlatency root=/dev/sdb9 ro quiet threadirqs initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-18-lowlatency title Ubuntu Quantal, kernel 3.5.0-18-lowlatency (recovery mode) root (hd1,8) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-18-lowlatency root=/dev/sdb9 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-18-lowlatency title Ubuntu Studio Quantal, Kernel 3.6.5-rt14 root=(hd1,12) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.6.5-rt14 root=/dev/sdb13 ro quiet initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.6.5-rt14 title Ubuntu Studio Quantal, Kernel 3.5.0-18-lowlatency threadirqs root=(hd1,12) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-18-lowlatency root=/dev/sdb13 ro quiet threadirqs initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-18-lowlatency title Ubuntu Studio Precise, Kernel 3.0.30 threadirqs root=(hd1,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.30 root=UUID=338316fb-364e-4a43-8deb-738127f878ce ro quiet threadirqs initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.0.30 title Ubuntu Studio Precise, Kernel 3.2.0-23-lowlatency threadirqs root=(hd1,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-lowlatency root=UUID=338316fb-364e-4a43-8deb-738127f878ce ro quiet threadirqs initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-23-lowlatency title AVlinux 5.0.3, Kernel 3.0.23-rt40 root=(hd1,10) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.23-rt40 root=/dev/sdb11 ro quiet initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.0.23-rt40 title AVlinux 5.0.3, Kernel 3.0.23-avl-7-pae threadirqs root=(hd1,10) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.23-avl-7-pae root=/dev/sdb11 ro threadirqs quiet initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.0.23-avl-7-pae title Edubuntu 10.10, Kernel 2.6.33.9-rt31 root=(hd1,7) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33.9-rt31 root=UUID=ded93dfb-37ae-48cf-a3a3-b613aa5704fd ro initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.33.9-rt31 title Ubuntu Studio Oz, Kernel 3.0.0-17-generic root=(hd1,5) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-17-generic root=UUID=0241b2ac-a0ab-44de-8d73-0ed084e152e6 initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-17-generic title Ubuntu Studio Oz, Kernel 3.0.0-20-generic root=(hd1,5) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-20-generic root=UUID=0241b2ac-a0ab-44de-8d73-0ed084e152e6 initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-20-generic title Arch Linux Rt root (hd0,8) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-linux-rt root=/dev/sda9 ro initrd /boot/initramfs-linux-rt.img title Arch Linux root (hd0,8) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/sda9 ro initrd /boot/initramfs-linux.img title Arch Linux Fallback root (hd0,8) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/sda9 ro initrd /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img title openSUSE 11.2, Kernel 2.6.31.6-rt19 root (hd0,6) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.6-rt19 root=/dev/sda7 initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.31.6-rt19 title Ubuntu Quantal memtest86+ root (hd1,8) kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin