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From: Scott <scottro@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: HELP: Dual Boot FreeBSD 4.4 + Linux (Mandrake 8.1)
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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



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