From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 10 01:49:05 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG 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 D543916A41A for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 01:49:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hackmiester@hackmiester.com) Received: from smtpout08-04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (smtpout08-04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net [64.202.165.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8CD8D43D70 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 01:49:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from hackmiester@hackmiester.com) Received: (qmail 11995 invoked from network); 10 Jun 2006 01:49:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (68.220.172.246) by smtpout08-04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (64.202.165.12) with ESMTP; 10 Jun 2006 01:49:04 -0000 In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <434E1C02-83E3-4FC8-B5FF-27F3AC13ADC3@hackmiester.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Hunter Fuller Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 20:50:02 +0000 To: jekillen X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: dual boot; Linux, FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 01:49:05 -0000 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" >