Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 13:25:42 -0800 From: Andrew <andrew@violet.org> To: David Bein <bein@pyramid.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Freebsd and Solaris 2.x on x86 platforms ... Message-ID: <19981129132542.A8986@apogee.whack.org> In-Reply-To: <912370579/bein@buddha.mass.pyramid.com>; from David Bein on Sun, Nov 29, 1998 at 03:16:19PM -0500 References: <912370579/bein@buddha.mass.pyramid.com>
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On Sun, Nov 29, 1998 at 03:16:19PM -0500, David Bein wrote: > > Any chance you've managed to have NT and FreeBSD > on the same disk? I am assuming that FreeBSD and > Solaris probably take the same basic approach to > bootstrapping. NT setup makes all kind of nasty assumptions > and no matter which one loads first, I have found > no load order where important stuff to the first > one (NT or Solaris) is not overwritten badly by > the second one. There are cases where I have > been able to walk my way thru the Solaris device config > floppy boot procedure without having to reload, but > it is a very slow way to do it. I have not found > a boot manager (except the Solaris one) which > recognizes Solaris partitions. > David, Yes, I have done this in the past with NTserver4build1381 & Freebsd_2.2.5 I would install NT on the first partition first, then install FreeBSD on the second... I would actually recommend that you partition the disk first with the FreeBSD `fdisk'. > > Where do I find out more about 'booteasy'? > booteasy can be installed from the FreeBSD install process, right after you partition your disk... or manually from /stand/sysinstall if you have already booted freebsd... Enter the installer, -> Custom -> Partition -> Select Drive -> ...partitions... -> [Q]uit -> Install Boot Manager? [BootMgr] -> (done) Cordially, _____________________________________________ Andrew Perkins andrew@violet.org System Administrator 415.739.0540 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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