Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 20:50:02 +0000 From: Hunter Fuller <hackmiester@hackmiester.com> To: jekillen <jekillen@prodigy.net> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: dual boot; Linux, FreeBSD Message-ID: <434E1C02-83E3-4FC8-B5FF-27F3AC13ADC3@hackmiester.com> In-Reply-To: <b6d0b061cc97fe16e179ea7e942107d8@prodigy.net> References: <b6d0b061cc97fe16e179ea7e942107d8@prodigy.net>
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Grub does well for me. Set it up for Linux and then set it up for BSD, making sure the UFS driver's in there. Here's my command-list for booting FBSD. root (hd0,0,a) kernel /boot/loader boot I might have the spacing wrong, I'm doing it from memory, but the data's all there. On 10 Jun 2006, at 1:26 AM, jekillen wrote: > Hello; > If I want to set up a dual boot of either Linux or FreeBSD, what is > the best way to go about it? > Use Lilo, grub, or does FreeBSD have a boot loader that it likes > better and Linux won't object to? > i'm planning on using Debian on a separate bootable hard drive. I > have to get more info on what > version of Debian I will use. FreeBSD is version 6.0 release. It > works great, has little quirks here > and there but are negligible, Xwindow screen saver daemon won't > run, but that's ok because > mostly I shut the monitor off when not using the system. Gnome > throws up a dialog every > time it starts stating that a panel is already running. Once it > kept presenting the same dialog > several times before it was satisfied that I got the message. > Monitor works great without any > intervention from me. I sure is nice to have a computer system that > just runs and runs and > I don't have to do finger nail biting trying to stay ahead of crashes. > Thanks in advance: > JK > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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