From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 3 19:31:49 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDB8937B401 for ; Thu, 3 Oct 2002 19:31:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net (scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.49]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70A7343E3B for ; Thu, 3 Oct 2002 19:31:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jud@myrealbox.com) Received: from dialup-209.246.208.100.dial1.philadelphia1.level3.net ([209.246.208.100] helo=sparky) by scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17xIFl-0002ZQ-00; Thu, 03 Oct 2002 19:31:46 -0700 From: Jud To: "SweeTLeaF" , questions@freebsd.org, "Chad Albert" Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 22:32:19 -0400 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) In-Reply-To: <00b401c26b29$b3a48510$e8b41595@SPGCALBERTA> Message-Id: Subject: Re: grub boot loader or freebsd boot loader MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Mailer: Opera 6.05 build 1140 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 10/3/2002 6:10:32 PM, "Chad Albert" wrote: >I have been using gag for quite some time now. I think it is the best boot >loader out there. I boot Redhat, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and Windows 2000. with >it. It displays a graphical menu, has password security, allows you to set >a default OS with a boot timer, makes a backup of your boot configuration on >floppy, It does not require any drive space outside of the MBR, and it was >*very* easy to set up. >http://raster.cibermillennium.com/gageng.htm > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "SweeTLeaF" >To: >Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 4:58 PM >Subject: grub boot loader or freebsd boot loader > > >> OK, my system has two hds: >> >> >> Primary Master: 40gig >> Primary Slave: 20 gig >> >> I want to install XP on the first 20gig of the Master, Redhat 8.0 on >> the remaining 20gig of the Master and FreeBSD on the entire 20gig of >> the Slave. What would be my best options for being able to boot all 3. >> I heard grub had issues booting BSD so i just wanted to know my best >> approach before starting. >> >> >> Ps. Have they said when the 4.7 release is coming "rescheduled to"? >> >> >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> SweeTLeaF mailto:SweeTLeaF@myrealbox.com Grub is in the FreeBSD ports (/usr/ports/sysutils/grub). No, it has no problems at all booting FreeBSD. Why not try Grub, the XP bootloader if you like, gag if you want - and see which you prefer. What someone else likes may not be your preference, after all. Read the documentation for each bootloader (and Google, Google Groups, FBSD FAQ, etc.) *thoroughly* before you do anything. A temporarily unbootable machine is a hassle at best and costly at worst if you can't figure out on your own how to restore it to bootable condition. Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message