From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Mar 30 15:42:56 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from andrsn.stanford.edu (andrsn.Stanford.EDU [171.66.112.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DC7437B405 for ; Sat, 30 Mar 2002 15:42:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost.stanford.edu [127.0.0.1]) by andrsn.stanford.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g2UNUTd24473; Sat, 30 Mar 2002 15:30:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu) Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 15:30:29 -0800 (PST) From: Annelise Anderson To: irado Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: multiple boots (was: empty) In-Reply-To: <3ca64ede.46e4.1804289383@subdimension.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 30 Mar 2002, irado wrote: > I am trying like a hell to boot a FreeBSD from the lilo > (linux) bootloader, but unsucessfuly. [:-(] > > situation: > > ad1--> linux and lilo/mbr > ad2--> FreeBSD > ad3--> another (4) linux Are these hard drives (in which case ad0 would be the first one) or DOS-type partitions on the first hard drive, i.e., FreeBSD is really in ad0s2? > when required, I tick the second option on FreeBSD install > (no bootloader but mbr) Doesn't this overwrite your lilo in the MBR? > > I am unable to load FreeBSD. Error, error, error... > Questions: Is there a way to make a bootdisk capable to boot > the already instaled FreeBSD? (I am tired to install again, > again and again). > > Any way to come back to the installer *without* any > installation, just to fix the boot problem?? Try a fixit.flp (alone) using the instructions for creating it in the handbook--just a fixit.flp from whatever version of FreeBSD you use or even an earlier one. When it asks for a drive to boot from, enter instead of the default boot 0:ad(2,a)/boot/loader assuming FreeBSD is on the first hard drive (0) in the second slice or DOS-style partition. Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message