Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 09:57:29 -0400 (EDT) From: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> To: Mark Hannon <markhannon@optusnet.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting a drive bootable Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0208090956010.10214-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <3D53C897.200A1C07@optusnet.com.au>
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On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, Mark Hannon wrote: > Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 23:50:15 +1000 > Hi John, > > You need to install LILO into /dev/hda2 during the linux install. > Installing > lilo also implies running the lilo command under linux (which calculates > the > location of the linux kernel file and stores in the hda2 boot block). > You > should be able to boot your linux partition manually with the Redhat > install > disk to re-run lilo. You don't need to set the linux partition active. > > /mark > > syborg@stny.rr.com wrote: > > > > Hello All > > > > After installing and configureing FreeBSD 4.6, I installed RedHat. The > > install went fine, and I kept the BSD bootloader. > > > > Now, everytime I go into sysinstall/fdisk and set the root partition for > > linux to be bootable, write it to the mbr, then write the bootloader, it > > doesn't stick, meaning that when I reboot, F2 (Linux) just beeps when I > > press it, and when I boot into F1 (FreeBSD) and run fdisk again, the > > bootable flag on the Linux partition is missing. It doesn't seem to > > 'stick' when I make it bootable. > > > > Any idea what's going on here? I could install LILO or grub and get around > > this but I'd rather use the FreeBSD bootloader. > > > > Thanks - JB > > Hi Mark - thanks for the hint. I've been using Linux for a while, I'm ok with LILO. I could boot the RedHat CD in rescue mode and install LILO if I wanted to, but I want to get to know the FreeBSD bootloader. However, reading all the loader docs, I think this is a bootable partition problem. Not sure yet. /* * John Bleichert * syborg@stny.rr.com * http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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