Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 20:18:31 -0500 From: Scott <scottro@nyc.rr.com> To: "Paul Sue" <consultant4hire@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP: Dual Boot FreeBSD 4.4 + Linux (Mandrake 8.1) Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20011213201505.00bbbf88@pop-server.nyc.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <F193ifWoqFXfyY0QUUB00003299@hotmail.com>
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At 15:50 2001/12/13 -0800, Paul Sue wrote: >Hi, > >Here's what I'd like to do: > >Disk 1 (20 GB) >- linux >- swap for freebsd > >Disk 2 (20 GB) >- freebsd >- swap for linux I'm not sure why that would be necessary, but don't know that much about optimizing swap. Why don't you put Mandrake on disk one, and BSD on disk two, let them both do their auto partitioning, especially while you're learning about them. For Mandrake, choose grub as the boot loader. When installing BSD choose to not install a boot loader. In Mandrake, you'll find /boot/grub/grub.conf or boot/grub/menu.lst --I'm not sure which they use. Add to it title FreeBSD rootnoverify (hd1,0) chainloader +1 (note the spacing on the chainloader line--a space between the word chainloader and the plus sign, no space between plus sign and numeral one) Then, when you boot grub will offer you the option of booting BSD and if you choose it, it will boot it. HTH Scott To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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