Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 10:37:33 +0200 From: Phil Regnauld <regnauld@ftf.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing Linux (and bootblocks) Message-ID: <19990720103733.52824@ns.int.ftf.net> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19990719231734.043bd460@localhost>; from Brett Glass on Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 11:29:46PM -0600 References: <37931080.C5917A44@giovannelli.it> <XFMail.990718043632.conrads@home.com> <4.2.0.58.19990718101705.00ccb720@localhost> <4.1.19990718224838.01324160@194.184.65.4> <19990719134536.K65436@freebie.lemis.com> <19990719095612.41282@ns.int.ftf.net> <19990719172747.A72625@freebie.lemis.com> <37931080.C5917A44@giovannelli.it> <19990720092427.J72885@freebie.lemis.com> <4.2.0.58.19990719231734.043bd460@localhost>
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Brett Glass writes: > FreeBSD doesn't come with a boot manager that can do this, but as I understand > it you can use a third-party boot manager and partition management program > (e.g. System Commander plus Partition Commander) to make it boot out of > a primary partition that's not marked as startable. FreeBSD can be made to boot from a non-(A)ctive partition -- OS-BS does this (in the tools subdir of the CDRom). -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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