Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 10:04:56 +0200 (SAST) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> To: garycor@home.com (Gary T. Corcoran) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Booting Linux with FreeBSD booter (hack needed) Message-ID: <200008310804.KAA19347@c3-dbn-108.dial-up.net> In-Reply-To: <39ADF00C.EEE4C3A@home.com> from "Gary T. Corcoran" at "Aug 31, 2000 01:41:32 am"
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Gary T. Corcoran wrote: > Now since the MBR booter "knows" that you don't boot DOS/Windows > from an "extended" partition (type 5), it doesn't offer it as > a boot choice. Now I could probably hack the booter (boot0 ?) > to accept type 5 as a valid choice. But before I risk losing > my whole (work) disk by messing with the MBR :), does anyone know if > I do this, and install LILO (the linux loader) into my "extended" > partition, will the MBR booter find the LILO booter to really > be able to boot Linux? Or will the "extended dos" partition > still confuse the MBR booter - that is, not find LILO where it > expects it? Unfortunately any hack based around allowing selection of type 5 partitions won't work. There's really no simple fix to get boot0 booting stuff from within extended partitions. -- Robert Nordier rnordier@nordier.com // Le monde est plein de fous, et qui n'en veut pas voir rnordier@FreeBSD.org // Doit se tenir tout seul, et casser son miroir. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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