Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 03:06:45 +0800 (CST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?adrian=20kok?= <adriankok2000@yahoo.com.hk> To: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1011760229.941611@mired.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd, openbsd, solaris Message-ID: <20020119190645.8868.qmail@web21202.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <15431.42213.644911.2374@guru.mired.org>
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Hello Mike Thank you very much for your help One more question, how can I get grub and the installation documentation for grub? Thank you --- Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1011760229.941611@mired.org> wrote: > adrian kok <adriankok2000@yahoo.com.hk> types: > > Hello > > Can I put freebsd, openbsd, solaris 8.0 in one > > harddisk? > > I don't think so. Last time I checked, OpenBSD used > one partition > table per disk, not one per slice, and the FreeBSD > table will screw it > up. However, FreeBSD and Solaris can coexist with no > problem. > > > If yes, what is the install sequence? > > I'm not sure it matters. Neither understands the > others boots, so you > need to install a boot manager that can deal with > them both. GRUB > works. > > > and how do make partition before installation? > > Don't. Make the partitions for each OS during the > installation for > that OS. If you install FreeBSD first, leave room > for Solaris at the > beginning of the drive. If you install Solaris > first, it won't make > much difference. > > Oh yeah - if you install Linux on the system, it > will destroy your > Solaris partition. At least the Linux distros I > installed all did > that. > > <mike > -- > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> > http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, > email for more information. _______________________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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