From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jun 18 14:47: 3 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from ceia.nordier.com (c2-34-dbn.dial-up.net [196.34.155.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B79A14D66 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 1999 14:46:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rnordier@nordier.com) Received: (from rnordier@localhost) by ceia.nordier.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id XAA13090; Fri, 18 Jun 1999 23:46:16 +0200 (SAST) From: Robert Nordier Message-Id: <199906182146.XAA13090@ceia.nordier.com> Subject: Re: Dual boot with LINUX In-Reply-To: <199906182137.RAA06444@etinc.com> from Dennis at "Jun 18, 1999 04:29:39 pm" To: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis) Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 23:46:14 +0200 (SAST) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL54 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Dennis wrote: > At 10:07 PM 6/18/99 +0200, you wrote: > >Dennis wrote: > > > >> Can linux be booted using the freebsd boot manager? Lilo always seems to > >> want to install itself. > > > >Provided you install Linux in a primary fdisk partition (slice 1-4), > >it should work OK. The RedHat default is to install to an extended > >fdisk partition, and we don't support booting from those. > > Well the problem with *should* is that lilo installs itself whenever you > run it, and you have to run it to install a new kernel. So I was hoping to > find someone that has actually done it. Should just implies YMMV: I have booted Linux with the freebsd boot manager. -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message