Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 19:22:06 -0600 (CST) From: Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com> To: kline@thought.org Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Last Chance: BootEasy Message-ID: <199804020122.TAA08560@darkstar.connect.com> In-Reply-To: <199804012243.OAA09255@tao.thought.org>
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Gary, Is the Debian root partition marked bootable? Debian fdisk my answer that question. Regards, Frank Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote: > > This problem has been bothering me for some weeks; it's > fairly involved, but I'll give it a shot here and see if > anybody has ideas. > > On my new 6x86 box I have Debian on my first SCSI drivve; > FreeBSD is rooted on my second SCSI. For unknown reasons > the BIOS on my IWILL motherboard only sees LUN #1, my FBSD > drive. So FBSD boots by default. In order to boot the > Debian installation, I've got to use the Debian boot floppy. > > I've installed LILO; but no-joy. Nothing that I do to the > BIOS setup or the (builtin) Adaptec setup causes the board > to default to see drive 0. > > Since FreeBSD boots by default it occured to me that maybe > the BSD loader will work. I did not install it with my > 2.2.5 installation. > > Right now when I boot, after much miscellany, FreeBSD > prompts me with: > > F1 BSD > F2 BSD > F3 BSD > F4 BSD > > and FreeBSD boots regardless of what I select. > > My questions: Is there a way of using Booteasy to select > my Debian OS on my first drive? Is it smart enough to > detect a non-BSD systemm? Are there any config files to > plug in? And, lastly, if Booteasy screws things up, how > do I remove it!? > > thanks, people, > > gary > > > > -- > Gary D. Kline kline@tao.thought.org Public service > uNix > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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