Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:06:46 +0100 From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Multi-boot Linux + FreeBSD Message-ID: <1353773206.4982.20.camel@q>
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Hi, as a long time Linux user I'll test FreeBSD, because I've got issues with my sound card on Linux. I'm already subscribed to FreeBSD multimedia. Perhaps later today I'll install 9.0 amd64. If possible I'll keep my Linux GRUB legacy. Can I use my menu.lst [1] and add a chainloader or something similar to boot FreeBSD from /dev/sda1? FWIW I made backups of my HDD's MBRs. I wonder if the installer will overwrite the MBR? I also would like to know, if there's a way to recover the partition table, including a primary FreeBSD partition/slice, if this ever should get broken and there should be no backup of the partition table be available. TIA, Ralf [1] $ cat /boot/grub/menu.lst timeout 8 default 0 color light-blue/black light-cyan/blue title Ubuntu Quantal, kernel 3.6.5-rt14 root (hd1,8) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.6.5-rt14 root=/dev/sdb9 ro quiet initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.6.5-rt14 title Ubuntu Quantal, kernel 3.5.0-18-lowlatency threadirqs root (hd1,8) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-18-lowlatency root=/dev/sdb9 ro quiet threadirqs initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-18-lowlatency title Ubuntu Quantal, kernel 3.5.0-18-lowlatency (recovery mode) root (hd1,8) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-18-lowlatency root=/dev/sdb9 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-18-lowlatency title Ubuntu Studio Quantal, Kernel 3.6.5-rt14 root=(hd1,12) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.6.5-rt14 root=/dev/sdb13 ro quiet initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.6.5-rt14 title Ubuntu Studio Quantal, Kernel 3.5.0-18-lowlatency threadirqs root=(hd1,12) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-18-lowlatency root=/dev/sdb13 ro quiet threadirqs initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-18-lowlatency title Ubuntu Studio Precise, Kernel 3.0.30 threadirqs root=(hd1,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.30 root=UUID=338316fb-364e-4a43-8deb-738127f878ce ro quiet threadirqs initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.0.30 title Ubuntu Studio Precise, Kernel 3.2.0-23-lowlatency threadirqs root=(hd1,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-lowlatency root=UUID=338316fb-364e-4a43-8deb-738127f878ce ro quiet threadirqs initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-23-lowlatency title AVlinux 5.0.3, Kernel 3.0.23-rt40 root=(hd1,10) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.23-rt40 root=/dev/sdb11 ro quiet initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.0.23-rt40 title AVlinux 5.0.3, Kernel 3.0.23-avl-7-pae threadirqs root=(hd1,10) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.23-avl-7-pae root=/dev/sdb11 ro threadirqs quiet initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.0.23-avl-7-pae title Edubuntu 10.10, Kernel 2.6.33.9-rt31 root=(hd1,7) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33.9-rt31 root=UUID=ded93dfb-37ae-48cf-a3a3-b613aa5704fd ro initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.33.9-rt31 title Ubuntu Studio Oz, Kernel 3.0.0-17-generic root=(hd1,5) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-17-generic root=UUID=0241b2ac-a0ab-44de-8d73-0ed084e152e6 initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-17-generic title Ubuntu Studio Oz, Kernel 3.0.0-20-generic root=(hd1,5) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-20-generic root=UUID=0241b2ac-a0ab-44de-8d73-0ed084e152e6 initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-20-generic title Arch Linux Rt root (hd0,8) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-linux-rt root=/dev/sda9 ro initrd /boot/initramfs-linux-rt.img title Arch Linux root (hd0,8) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/sda9 ro initrd /boot/initramfs-linux.img title Arch Linux Fallback root (hd0,8) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/sda9 ro initrd /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img title openSUSE 11.2, Kernel 2.6.31.6-rt19 root (hd0,6) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.6-rt19 root=/dev/sda7 initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.31.6-rt19 title Ubuntu Quantal memtest86+ root (hd1,8) kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
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