From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 1 17:21:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA19095 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 1 Apr 1998 17:21:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgw02.execpc.com (mailgw02.execpc.com [169.207.16.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA19050 for ; Wed, 1 Apr 1998 17:21:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fpawlak@execpc.com) Received: from darkstar.connect.com (da-soocha-2.mdm.mke.execpc.com [169.207.81.130]) by mailgw02.execpc.com (8.8.8) id TAA11343; Wed, 1 Apr 1998 19:21:35 -0600 (CST) Received: (from fpawlak@localhost) by darkstar.connect.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA08560; Wed, 1 Apr 1998 19:22:06 -0600 (CST) From: Frank Pawlak Message-Id: <199804020122.TAA08560@darkstar.connect.com> Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 19:22:06 -0600 (CST) To: kline@thought.org Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Last Chance: BootEasy In-Reply-To: <199804012243.OAA09255@tao.thought.org> X-Mailer: Ishmail 1.3.2-971023-FreeBSD MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Gary, Is the Debian root partition marked bootable? Debian fdisk my answer that question. Regards, Frank Gary Kline 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