From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 10 06:57:46 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 8460A1065673 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 06:57:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mapsware@prodigy.net.mx) Received: from nlpiport17.prodigy.net.mx (nlpiport17.prodigy.net.mx [148.235.52.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D46B8FC0A for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 06:57:45 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AroFAC5YAU29rXwt/2dsb2JhbACVWo4mwDqCcoJYBIRk X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.59,323,1288591200"; d="scan'208";a="127261124" Received: from nlpiport22.prodigy.net.mx ([148.235.52.109]) by nlpiport17.prodigy.net.mx with ESMTP; 10 Dec 2010 00:30:20 -0600 Received: from dsl-189-173-124-45-dyn.prod-infinitum.com.mx (HELO morena.maps.net) ([189.173.124.45]) by nlpiport22.prodigy.net.mx with ESMTP; 10 Dec 2010 00:30:20 -0600 From: Martin Alejandro Paredes Sanchez To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 23:30:14 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (FreeBSD/8.1-RELEASE; KDE/4.5.1; i386; ; ) References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201012092330.14702.mapsware@prodigy.net.mx> Subject: Re: mbr loader 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, 10 Dec 2010 06:57:46 -0000 On Wednesday 08 December 2010 22:08:56 xinyou yan wrote: > 1. when i install freebsd . I can write mbr and not write > if i write mbr . freebsd can Identification windows and load it first, you are talking about boot loaders or boot managers; its different from MBR witch means master boot record When you say "FreeBSD can identify windows and load it", you have wrong the concept of FreeBSD can identify, because FreeBSD its not loaded yet, a program called BootEasy its the one identifying windows (an others OS) and display F1: Windows etc.. > > 2 if i do not write . How windows load bsd http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#NT-BOOTLOADER > > 3. Can freebsd load linux (fedora)? and how ? http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#BOOTEASY- LOADER Look in ports for boot loaders (manager) http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=boot+loader&stype=text&sektion=all http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=boot+manager&stype=text&sektion=all Its a good idea to read Chapter 9 (Disks, File Systems, and Boot Loaders) of FAQ http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html HTH