From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 11 11: 7:38 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 503E137B400 for ; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 11:07:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from melete.ch.intel.com (chfdns02.ch.intel.com [143.182.246.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC06A43E3B for ; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 11:07:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pavan.balaji@intel.com) Received: from fmsmsxvs042.fm.intel.com (fmsmsxvs042.fm.intel.com [132.233.42.128]) by melete.ch.intel.com (8.11.6/8.11.6/d: solo.mc,v 1.42 2002/05/23 22:21:11 root Exp $) with SMTP id g6BI7YB25312 for ; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 18:07:34 GMT Received: from fmsmsx29.FM.INTEL.COM ([132.233.42.29]) by fmsmsxvs042.fm.intel.com (NAVGW 2.5.2.11) with SMTP id M2002071111081407686 ; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 11:08:14 -0700 Received: by fmsmsx29.fm.intel.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 11:07:32 -0700 Message-ID: <3D386AED1B47D411A94300508B11F18703BC5B83@fmsmsx116.fm.intel.com> From: "Balaji, Pavan" To: "'Jud'" , zergling363@yahoo.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: bootloader Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 11:07:23 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" 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 I'm not too sure about this. My impression was that all bootloaders (including grub) load themselves into the primary disk -- do you have an option to specify which harddisk you want to load to. Infact that's the reason why most (if not all) Operating Systems need the primary partition to be on the primary harddisk. Pavan Balaji, CIS Graduate Student, Ohio State University "Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect... It just means that you have decided to see beyond the imperfections" -- Rash > -----Original Message----- > From: Jud [mailto:jud@myrealbox.com] > Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 1:05 PM > To: zergling363@yahoo.com > Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: bootloader > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rap Sucks > To: questions@FreeBSD.org > Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 10:39:11 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: bootloader > > I recently took FreeBSD off my system (350 PII, 2 HDs, bsd > on partition of second disk) but the bsd bootloader still > shows up on boot and doesnt let Grub (or lilo) show up (from > Linux that I installed over the partition) how do i get rid > of the bootloader? > > > --------------------------------- > > Sounds like you're trying to install GRUB on the disk > that your system does *not* actually boot from. What > happens if you try to install GRUB on the first disk? > > Jud > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message