Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 08:29:52 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: "Pokala, Ravi" <rpokala@panasas.com> Cc: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Quick question re: dual-booting Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1505280826130.29756@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <D18BC1DA.1379A1%rpokala@panasas.com> References: <D18BC1DA.1379A1%rpokala@panasas.com>
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On Thu, 28 May 2015, Pokala, Ravi wrote: > Hi folks, > > For doing some apples-to-apples comparisons on a piece of hardware, we > want to be able to easily flip back and forth between FreeBSD (10.1, > amd64, traditional non-UEFI bootstrap w/ GPT) and Linux. To minimize the > chance of an installer going wrong and nuking something, we're installing > one drive, installing FreeBSD on it, then swapping in another drive and > installing Linux on it. Then we'll install both drives, and let the > bootloader control which one gets booted. > > The question is: how do we tell the bootloader which OS to boot? If we can > do it using loader, great! If we have to use something like grub, that's > fine too. But either way, I need some guidance. https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/gpt-multiboot.49055/ Presumably, the Linux entry would be for hd1.
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