Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 09:16:47 +0100 (CET) From: Konrad Heuer <kheuer2@gwdg.de> To: John <clrsky00@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: can't boot linux after installing FBSD 5.2 Message-ID: <20040225091335.C32942@gwdu60.gwdg.de> In-Reply-To: <20040225070412.46218.qmail@web60803.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040225070412.46218.qmail@web60803.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, John wrote: > i have a mandrax linux 9.2 installed on a IBM ThinkPad > 24x, but now I can't boot it after I install FBSD 5.2. > > I can still see the FBSD boot manager displaying F1 F2 > for the two linux partitions, but they can't be > booted. Probably you wrote lilo boot manager code into the master boot record before you installed FreeBSD. You have to boot Linux from floppy or CD now once; then you have to install lilo into the Linux root partition. After that, you should be able to boot your Linux system by the FreeBSD boot manager. Regards Konrad Heuer (kheuer2@gwdg.de) ____ ___ _______ GWDG / __/______ ___ / _ )/ __/ _ \ Am Fassberg / _// __/ -_) -_) _ |\ \/ // / 37077 Goettingen /_/ /_/ \__/\__/____/___/____/ Germany
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