Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 16:13:27 -0700 From: Steve Sizemore <steve@cmpharm.ucsf.edu> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Multiboot linux + freebsd on two drives Message-ID: <20000808161327.A11083@cmpharm.ucsf.edu> In-Reply-To: <20000801173350.CFFA7200A@nil.science-factory.com>; from marc.vanwoerkom@science-factory.com on Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 07:33:50PM %2B0200 References: <20000727134824.C39397@cmpharm.ucsf.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007281125230.258-100000@bagabeedaboo.security.at12.de> <20000801093235.C87514@cmpharm.ucsf.edu> <20000801173350.CFFA7200A@nil.science-factory.com>
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Thanks, Marc -
I'm now a grub convert. Even grub wasn't entirely straightforward, but
I now have three systems which can dual boot either FreeBSD or linux.
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 07:33:50PM +0200, Marc van Woerkom wrote:
> > Does anyone know how to make FreeBSD on /dev/da1s1 actually bootable?
>
> I use this together with the grub boot loader - I gave up on LILO..
> First partition is Windows 2000, second FreeBSD, third Linux (Reiser FS),
> fourth FAT32 partition for file sharing.
Just in case anyone else ever faces this, I'll document what I had to
do, for the mailing list archives.
Linux is installed on the first SCSI disk, and FreeBSD on the second.
While running FreeBSD (of course!),
1. Install the grub port, and copy the appropriate files from
/usr/local/share/grub/i386-freebsd to /boot/grub.
2. Put the following menu (edited from Marc's) into /boot/grub/menu.lst:
timeout 10
color white/green blue/green
default 0
title FreeBSD
root (hd1,a)
kernel /boot/loader
title Linux
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1
title <boot floppy>
root (fd0)
chainloader +1
3. Run grub (If you run grub from FreeBSD, as opposed to a floppy
boot disk, the Enter key doesn't work. You need to press ^J
instead.)
grub> root (hd1,a)
grub> find /boot/grub/stage1
grub> setup (hd0)
grub> quit
4. Reboot, and it WORKS!
Thanks again, Marc, for the pointer to grub, and thanks to others who
tried to help with BootEasy and Lilo.
Steve
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