Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2016 09:32:14 +0100 From: Olaoluwa Omokanwaiye <laoluomoks@gmail.com> To: Allen <bsd_atog@comcast.net>, =?utf-8?Q?Trond_Endrest=C3=B8l?= <trond.endrestol@fagskolen.gjovik.no> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hi, a dual booting question Message-ID: <F29F5CC9-7A44-43E1-9025-157CD2E266DE@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20161005184752.2f7784a3@KoggyBSD.org> References: <90FD08FD-FE91-4C6C-943C-0B58B072AE29@me.com> <20161005184752.2f7784a3@KoggyBSD.org>
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Thanks Tron, Bertram and Allen for these and all the feedback. @Tron my partition scheme is MBR @ Bertram I ended up doing something similar to what you said and was succes= sful in dual booting xubuntu and FreeBSD succesfully. Xubuntu came first and= then installed FreeBSD 10.3 then I followed this instruction similar to you= rs from here http://abhinav-upadhyay.blogspot.com.ng/2011/05/making-netbsd-dual-boot-with= -linux.html?m=3D1 FreeBSD it's just terminal right now but I also want GUI, wireless network w= orking and my printer working. How do I go from here? @Allen , my only observation is that FreeBSD 10.3 did not use all the space I= dedicated to it so I have extra partition space and wondering what to do wi= th it. Should I install a third OS like OpenBSD or NetBSD and hope it will n= ot get any more complicated having a third OS. Finally all, now that I have the FreeBSD it's just terminal but I also want G= UI, wireless network and my printer working. How do I go from here Thanks again Ola Sent from my iPhone Sent from my iPhone > On 5 Oct 2016, at 11:47 PM, Allen <bsd_atog@comcast.net> wrote: >=20 > On Wed, 05 Oct 2016 14:09:56 +0100 > Olaoluwa Omokanwaiye <olamoks@me.com> wrote: >=20 >> Dear all , >>=20 >> Please I am have a little trouble dual booting xubuntu 16.04 and >> FreeBSD 10.3 I have successfully installed both, xubuntu first then >> the FreeBSD but on powering the system only the xubuntu comes up. How >> can I make the FreeBSD show up so I can select. >>=20 >> Thanks >> Ola >=20 > Hi, >=20 > I've seen the replies that were already posted, but I wanted to add > something to this: >=20 > There's a lot of ways to Dual Boot and Tri-Boot, and all that, but the > easiest way in my opinion is for sure doing it during the installation. > Doing this can be tricky for first timers, and you do need to sit down > and read up on your exact set up, but I recall quite a few times over > the years, where I'd be installing my second or third OS, and I'd > reboot at the end of the installation, and then the OS I had just > installed would either overwrite the MBR and I'd have no options to > boot my other OSs, or, it wouldn't do something, or I did something > wrong, and I couldn't boot my new OS Installation, and I'd be stuck > sitting there for 2 hours looking through Configuration Files, while > trying to deduce wether or not it was the new OS that didn't get put in > the right spot, or, did it over write the MBR when I didn't want it too. >=20 > One of the easiest things to deal with was SuSE Linux, because it has > YAST and YAST2 which let you actually open the Configuration for > Booting, and then from there, I'd just add whatever Options / > Partitions I needed too. >=20 > The problem was usually from the Installer; Sometimes I'd be using Boot > Magic and I'd need to set up the Installer a little different, because > I didn't want it over writing the MBR, or I'd lose my Partition Set Up, > and then I wouldn't be able to boot up anything else.=20 >=20 > So for whatever it's worth, google MBR things like LILO and Grub 2, and > the BSD Boot Loader, because all of those, allow you to use multiple > OSs, but sometimes, you may need to edit them by hand to add new OSs, > and set up which Partitions are going to be bootable. >=20 > Sorry about the Length, but Hope it helps, >=20 > -Allen > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g"
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