From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 8 8:48:36 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.bezeqint.net (mail-a.bezeqint.net [192.115.106.23]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEF1737B7E8 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2000 08:48:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nimrodm@bezeqint.net) Received: from bsd.net.il (bzq-183-33.bezeqint.net) by mail.bezeqint.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.2000.03.23.18.03.p10) with ESMTP id <0FYZ0036XD4JDP@mail.bezeqint.net> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 8 Aug 2000 18:46:13 +0300 (IDT) Received: (from nimrodm@localhost) by bsd.net.il (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA58188 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 08 Aug 2000 18:38:19 +0300 (IDT envelope-from nimrodm) Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 18:38:19 +0300 From: Nimrod Mesika Subject: Re: Boot manager... In-reply-to: ; from gbnaidu@sasi.com on Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 03:37:08PM +0530 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: nimrodm@email.com Message-id: <20000808183818.B57925@localhost.bsd.net.il> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i References: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 03:37:08PM +0530, G.B.Naidu wrote: > > Hi, > > I have installed linux on one partition and later I installed freebsd 4.0 > on to another partition. I selected to use freebsd boot > manager. Installation went on fine but while rebooting, it shows the two > o/s' linux and freebsd. But once I select one, after that I cant select > the other one in the next reboot. > > AM I missing something here or is there a problem with boot manager? How > can I select the alternative one? Have you installed LILO on the Linux partition boot sector? The default is usually to install it on the Master Boot Record (and it will overwrite FreeBSD's booteasy boot manager). Two options: 1. Install LILO on the MBR and do not install a freebsd boot manager in the MBR. 2. Install LILO on the Linux partition boot sector and install FreeBSD's boot manager. Option 2 is not available if the Linux partition is a logical partition (i.e., inside the extended partition - partition 5 and up). FreeBSD's boot manager can boot an OS only from a primary partition (partitions 1 - 4). I have tried both configurations before and they work flawlessly. -- Nimrod. http://www.geocities.com/rodd_27 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message