Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 12:35:40 +0200 From: Olivier DAVY <olivier.davy@free.fr> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: dual boot, java Message-ID: <3EFC1DFC.1000301@free.fr>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Olivier DAVY FreeBSD Fan ;) Hi, I am very fond of FreeBSD since I tried it on a single little hard drive (*1). However, I cannot delete my Linux for FreeBSD on my dual boot Pc (Win...ws + Linux) since I do not know the following things, t hat are essential for me to well manage my PC : 1. when installing FreeBSD on a partition on the same disk as Windows, what kind of boot manager should I use. During the install, the boot manager choosing screen suggest to install nothing. But how to boot on BSD ? So I tried to install BSD with Linux and Windows, and use Lilo to boot BSD. Well, it works, but I am not satisfied, since Linux is still necessary to boot. What option should I choose ? How should I partition my disk to have this dual boot. What kind of bootmanager should I use ? Does Windows XP (or 2000) could boot FreeBSD (hum ?) ? 2. On my standalone disk (cf. (*1)), I use the default bootloader of FreeBSD. But I can not delete if from my HD, whereas I can delete lilo by executing fdisk /MBR ? So what is the issue ? Is the BSD boot loader not in the Master Boot Record ? How can i delete it, to delete all FreeBSD from my disk (just in case...) ? 3. Why there is only 2 CD-ROM for the 5.1 whereas there is 4 for the 4.X ? 4. Is Java now well supported (I tried once to install it, but it did not work since I did not found the right version of the JDK to port). I 'd like to install a true J2EE plateform on BSD ! Thank you for your attention, I am waiting for your reply, Olivier -- ---------------------------------- Olivier DAVY ENSIMAG engineer - HEC alumnus E-mail : olivier.davy@free.fr Phone : +33/(0)1.42.67.19.85 ----------------------------------
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?3EFC1DFC.1000301>