From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Jan 28 15:20:57 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16CDF37B422 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2002 15:20:00 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g0SNK0E64787; Mon, 28 Jan 2002 15:20:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Received: from pittgoth.com (14.zlnp1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.149.111]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70B6C37B43D for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2002 15:19:54 -0800 (PST) Received: (from darklogik@localhost) by pittgoth.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g0SNL7j94602; Mon, 28 Jan 2002 18:21:07 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from darklogik) Message-Id: <200201282321.g0SNL7j94602@pittgoth.com> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 18:21:07 -0500 (EST) From: Tom Rhodes Reply-To: Tom Rhodes To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: docs/34391: [PATCH] handbook boot chapter requires touchup Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 34391 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [PATCH] handbook boot chapter requires touchup >Confidential: yes >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Jan 28 15:20:00 PST 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Tom Rhodes >Release: FreeBSD 4.5 i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD localhost 4.5 >Description: By request, I have added a bit more information to the boot chapter. The enclosed patch will add information about doing multi-boot of FreeBSD and the Linux operating system. Eventually, I will touch this chapter up again to have information on dualbooting Windows/FreeBSD. --Tom (Darklogik) Rhodes >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: *** chapter.sgml.old Mon Jan 28 17:32:42 2002 --- chapter.sgml Mon Jan 28 18:16:20 2002 *************** *** 155,160 **** --- 155,183 ---- disk, ad2 for the first IDE disk on a second IDE controller, da0 for the first SCSI disk, and so on. + + If you are a Linux user, however, and prefer that LILO + control the boot process, you can edit the /etc/lilo.conf + file for FreeBSD, or select + during the FreeBSD installation process. If you have installed the + the FreeBSD boot manager, you can boot back into Linux and modify the + LILO configuration file + /etc/lilo.conf and add the following option: + + other=/dev/hdXY + table=/dev/hdb + loader=/boot/chain.b + label=FreeBSD + + which will permit the booting of FreeBSD and Linux via LILO. + In our example, we use XY to determine drive number + and partition. If you are using a SCSI drive, you will want + to change /dev/hdXY to read something similar to + /dev/sdXY, which again uses the XY + syntax. The can be omitted if you have + both operating systems on the same drive. You can now run + /sbin/lilo -v to commit your new changes to the system, + this should be verified with screen messages. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message