Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 10:11:14 -0400 (EDT) From: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting a drive bootable Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0208091009040.10214-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <200208091004.28182.bts@babbleon.org>
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On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, Brian T. Schellenberger wrote: > Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 10:04:28 -0400 > From: Brian T. Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> > To: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Setting a drive bootable > > On Friday 09 August 2002 09:58 am, John Bleichert wrote: > | 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. > > No, that's not right. To get Linux to work properly, you must intall LILO, > but if you want to use the BSD bootloader, you have to install LILO to the > Linux boot *partition* (or "slice" as BSD would say) rather than to the boot > *sector* of the *drive*. If you don't install LILO at *all*, then the boot > will fail when press the F-key for Linux. Which is because Linux can't load > without the Linux loader. > > Which is exactly the behavior you are seeing, of course. aaaaahhhhhh! Ok, gotcha. Thanks for the info. As soon as I get home from work I'll install LILO to the Linux partition. Thanks again! > > | > | > 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 > | */ > > -- > 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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