From owner-freebsd-questions Sun May 21 13:22:12 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from snoopy.brwn.org (intgw1.brwn.org [196.28.127.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74B6937B5D4 for ; Sun, 21 May 2000 13:22:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from willem@brwn.org) Received: from brwn.org (grumpy.brwn.org [192.168.1.10]) by snoopy.brwn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57C063ACA; Sun, 21 May 2000 22:21:51 +0200 (SAST) Message-ID: <3928455E.AB0CAFC@brwn.org> Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 22:21:50 +0200 From: Willem Brown Organization: Brwn.ORG X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.13 i586) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: PathFinder Software Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Lost boot sector References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, There is a mini-howto on running Linux and FreeBSD on the same system: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Linux+FreeBSD.html Regards Willem Brown PathFinder Software wrote: > > Hi, > > I have installed Linux on a second hard drive but it looks like > it wipe out the boot sector for the FreeBSD 4.0 that reside on > the first bootable hard drive disk. > > How do I restore the boot file? > > In Linux they use the LILO module where you can add OS that you > would like to choose from at boot time and one of the question is > "Kernel to boot" where many choices are available. How do I > identify the FreeBSD 4.0 kernel in the list? Could it be > vmlinuz-2.2.14- 15 mdk? > > Also can I boot from a floppy? I'm I to use the Kern.FLP disk? If > yes at what point so I exit out to get to the system prompt or > boot: prompt? Do I need to insert the MrsRoot.FLP since I am not > doing an installation. > > Thank you for taking the time to respond. > > Normand Charette > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- |--------------LINUX & *BSD, the CHOICE is yours--------------| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message