Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 22:36:57 -0500 From: Adriel Cardenas G <freebsdmx@yahoo.com> To: NS Kandah <nkandah@nc.rr.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: preparing to install Message-ID: <3B79EE59.588F650E@yahoo.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0108130719090.12743-100000@telefunken.kandah.home> <3B77C6E9.2020902@i-clue.de> <3B79B1FB.9C6C05EC@yahoo.com>
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Adriel Cardenas G wrote: > > You can use you lilo.conf to set up the FBSD loader, all you have to do > is > edit your /etc/lilo.conf, adding this lines to it: > > other=/dev/hdc1 > table=/dev/hdc > loader=/boot/chain.b > label=FreeBSD > > this is if your FBSD partition is in the secondary ide as a master. > Remember to run lilo after you edit the lilo.conf > > Regards > > NS Kandah wrote: > > >I am dying to put FreeBSD on my primary home machine. It currently has > two > >IDE drives, both on the primary IDE controller, a master and a slave. > The > >slave currently has Redhat Linux 7.1 on it. I want to put FreeBSD on > the > >slave, and I tried it before, but after the installation was > completed, > >successfully I presume, I was not presented with a boot manager so I > can > >fire up my FreeBSD install. > > > >I need to install the boot manager in the MBR of the primary master > drive, > >correct? Do I also need to install it in the MBR of the primary slave? > I > >never understood my mistake the last time I attempted a dual boot > Win98 / > >FreeBSD machine. Any insights would be most appreciated. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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