Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 17:36:50 +0200 From: Frederic Vanneste <TheMatriX@matrixlab.be> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux on a FBSD system... Message-ID: <20010730173650.A490@freebsd2.matrixlab.be> In-Reply-To: <20010730171907.L86349-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de> References: <20010730170301.A453@freebsd2.matrixlab.be> <20010730171907.L86349-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de>
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On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 05:22:49PM +0200, Konrad Heuer wrote: > > On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Frederic Vanneste wrote: > > > I have a FBSD box with the standard bootmanager installed > > in the mbr. Now I have to get debian back on the box but > > I don't want to lose FBSD so I'll make a multiboot. > > I looked on the net for some info, but they all say I > > should install linux first and then FBSD... Wy??? Will > > there be partition problems??? > > And what to do with the bootmanager? Can I add linux or > > will I be better off with lilo in this case? > > My experience is: life is easy with FreeBSD being first OS and Linux > installed later. Install lilo into the Linux root partition and *not* into > MBR, and write the FreeBSD boot manager to the MBR with /stand/sysinstall. > Thanks... Any suggestions on a filesystem to share data between Linux and FBSD? I mean one that is rock solid for both sides... Frederic > Regards > Konrad > > Konrad Heuer Personal Bookmarks: > Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche > Datenverarbeitung mbH GÖttingen http://www.freebsd.org > Am Faßberg, D-37077 GÖttingen http://www.daemonnews.org > Deutschland (Germany) > > kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de > > -- "The charm of knowledge would be small, were it not that so much shame has to be overcome on the way to it." 'Friedrich Nietszche' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the messagehelp
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