Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 22:44:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: beech@alaskaparadise.com (Beech Rintoul) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, jekillen <jekillen@prodigy.net> Subject: Re: dual boot; Linux, FreeBSD Message-ID: <200606110244.k5B2iaqX015057@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <200606101832.56687.beech@alaskaparadise.com>
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> ---- much excised --- > > Anyway, this all works just fine. The MBR and initial boot record in > > the boot sector of each slice (or primary partition if you must degrade > > to MS terminology) have just enough standardization that the FreeBSD MBR > > or most any of the other more fancy ones, can initiate the boot for any > > of the OS-en commonly available to run on these machines. Since the OS > > specific stuff really comes after it gets in to the slice boot record > > code in the boot sector, then generally any of them can boot any of them. > > The exception is MS MBRs. I have heard that some more recent ones play > > better, but any I have had so far will not boot any slice except one > > for a MS OS. I don't know what they screw up, but find it not surprisin= > g. > > > > So, there is the tome. > > All newbies, careful what you ask. Someone may answer thusly with more > > than you every wanted to know. > > > > ////jerry > > Maybe this ought to be included in the handbook. I've seen this question or > one like it 100's of times on these lists. That was the best answer I've > seen. > Just my $.02 Thanks for the positive comment. It glosses over stuff a little and isn't precisely correct in all detail, but I think it generally is correct and represents the way things work for all practical matters. Maybe it can be a FAQ. How do they get there? ////jerry > > Beech >
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