From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 21 14:38: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post.its.mcw.edu (post.its.mcw.edu [141.106.32.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C21737B422 for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2000 14:37:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost by post.its.mcw.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id QAA00446; Thu, 21 Sep 2000 16:37:49 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 16:37:49 -0500 (CDT) From: Fengping Li To: Anastasia Leventi-Peetz Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: booting FreeBSD with Lilo In-Reply-To: <39CA1E72.FC448678@fgan.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG The following is my Redhat Linux lilo.conf which boots my 5 OSes in my PC: /etc/lilo.conf: boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b prompt timeout=100 image=/boot/vmlinuz label=redhatlinux root=/dev/hda3 read-only other=/dev/hda1 label=win98 other=/dev/hda2 label=mandrakelinux other=/dev/hda4 label=freebsd4.1 other=/dev/hdb1 label=suselinux --------- After you edit your lilo, run: /sbin/lilo -v; Reboot. When "lilo" sign appears, hit TAB key. You should see all the boot labels. Just choose what you need. Good luck! On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Anastasia Leventi-Peetz wrote: > Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 16:42:58 +0200 > From: Anastasia Leventi-Peetz > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: booting FreeBSD with Lilo > > Dear people, > > I have installed for the first time FreeBSD on a pc where also Linux runs, und I use > > the Linux Loader to boot FreeBSD. In Linux there exists a configuration file (lilo.conf) > > where one can choose out of possibly many kernels with which one, one wishes to boot Linux. > > In this file I simply name until now the partition(slice) on which FreeBSD > > is installed and all the rest happens by itself. Of course I read that the FreeBSD loader > > can support mohr than one kernel versions, what happens but if I don't boot with BTX? > > I just wanted to try a new configuration of the kernel! > > Another question I'd like to pose: > > I have installed gnome and I start it with > > enlightenment & exec gnome-session in my initrc file. > > I'm afraid I don't start it right because not the full functionality of the graphical > > interface is there and I permanently get the error (by starting) that another window > > manager runs already, though with ps only enlightenment is present. > > Any suggestions? > > Many thanks in advance:Anastasia > > -- > Dr. Anastasia Leventi-Peetz E-Mail: leventi@fgan.de > c/o FGAN/FKIE Tel: (+49) 228/9435 593 > Neuenahrer Strasse 20 Fax: (+49) 228/9435 685 > D-53343 Wachtberg, Germany http://www.fgan.de > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message