Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 09:58:45 -0400 (EDT) From: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> To: "Brian T. Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting a drive bootable Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0208090958120.10214-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <200208090957.12720.bts@babbleon.org>
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On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, Brian T. Schellenberger wrote: > > Did you have Linux install LILO to its own partition? > No, I didn't install LILO. I couldm but I want to use the BSD bootloader. > On Friday 09 August 2002 09:29 am, John Bleichert 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 > | > | /* > | * 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 > > -- > Brian, the man from Babble-On . . . . bts@babbleon.org (personal) > http://www.babbleon.org > > http://www.eff.org http://www.programming-freedom.org > /* * 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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