Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 19:46:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Ed Alley <alley1@llnl.gov> To: bts@babbleon.org, cjalmond@yahoo.com, jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Will Lilo run under FreeBSD with Linux emulation? Message-ID: <200108250246.f7P2kJs00335@trevarno.llnl.gov>
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----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org> > > > To: "Jonathan Chen" <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>; "Ed Alley" > > > alley1@llnl.gov> > > > Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 4:34 PM > > > Subject: Re: Will Lilo run under FreeBSD with Linux emulation? > > On Wednesday 22 August 2001 17:09, Jonathan Chen wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 12:00:35PM -0700, Ed Alley wrote: > > > > I am running FBSD4.x on various machines. Can I run > > > > Lilo (the Linux loader) under FreeBSD using > > > > Linux emulation? > > > No. Lilo runs before Linux starts up, and so is not a candidate for > > > emulation. > > No, he means the lilo program that installs the boot loader. > > The could conceivably work, but I'd be loath to try it. > > > > Actually, I like the FreeBSD loader much better myself; I actually ran Linux > > with the FreeBSD boot loader for a while before switching entirely back to > > FreeBSD. > > Brian T. Schellenberger . . . . . . . bts@wnt.sas.com (work) On Friday 24 August 2001, Curtis wrote: > You can run Lilo to boot BSD. I had to load Linux 1st then load BSD. Then > configure Lilo to boot BSD. There is a FAQ on how to do this on > freebsd.org. > Curtis Thank you Curtis for that response. I assume you mean that you run Lilo under Linux in order to create the master boot track on your disk. I have done that myself. What my original question was about, and I apologize for not being clear about it, was whether the Lilo program will run under FreeBSD using Linux emulation without having a Linux distribution loaded on the computer. Thanks to the discussions that followed both on freebsd-questions and the e-mails that I received off of the mailing list I decided to get a copy of the Lilo source code and look at it. That convinced me that I should not try to run Lilo as it is coded for Linux. For one thing Lilo wants to open a device file called /dev/md which I know nothing about. There is obscure hand code in there that is difficult to understand. Also, Lilo wants a copy of its boot code in /boot which I don't have a copy of now since I am not running Linux anymore. The only interest that I have in Lilo anyway is the ability to configure it with a configure file. That seemed nice to me and stimulated the original question. Again I apologize for not making the original question clear. Ed To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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