On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, John wrote: > i have a mandrax linux 9.2 installed on a IBM ThinkPad > 24x, but now I can't boot it after I install FBSD 5.2. > > I can still see the FBSD boot manager displaying F1 F2 > for the two linux partitions, but they can't be > booted.
Probably you wrote lilo boot manager code into the master boot record before you installed FreeBSD. You have to boot Linux from floppy or CD now once; then you have to install lilo into the Linux root partition. After that, you should be able to boot your Linux system by the FreeBSD boot manager. Regards Konrad Heuer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ____ ___ _______ GWDG / __/______ ___ / _ )/ __/ _ \ Am Fassberg / _// __/ -_) -_) _ |\ \/ // / 37077 Goettingen /_/ /_/ \__/\__/____/___/____/ Germany _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
