Re: How do I reinstall the FreeBSD bootmanager? - next problem :-(
Bob Willcox wrote: On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 10:27:50AM -0500, Bob Willcox wrote: Now, to my original problem (that caused me to overwrite the FreeBSD boot manager with another that I tried called GAG). This particular system has a single 300 GB harddrive installed with four Slices (partitions in the DOS vernacular) setup as follows: 1 Windows XP (~100 GB) 2 Linux swap (~2 GB) 3 Linux root (~82 GB) 4 FreeBSD (~102 GB) With the FreeBSD boot manager (and with GAG) I can successfully boot Windows and FreeBSD, but not Linux. It's as though the boot record is not being found (geometry problems?). Perhaps someone out there has a suggestion on what's wrong, and what can be done to fix it. Linux needs its own bootloader - GRUB and Lilo are the usual options. GRUB (in the BSD ports) can also boot all your other OSen. However, it takes some education to configure correctly. If you want to use GAG or the FreeBSD bootloader, then install GRUB or Lilo to Linux root, *not* to the MBR. (The installer for your Linux distro should have an option for this.) GAG or the FreeBSD bootloader will then make GRUB or Lilo boot Linux. Jud ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: How do I reinstall the FreeBSD bootmanager? - next problem :-(
On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 10:27:50AM -0500, Bob Willcox wrote: > I need to reinstall the FreeBSD bootmanager on one of my systems and > was hoping someone can point me in the right direction on doing this. > I tried running /sbin/sysinstall but decided that I wasn't confident > enough of what I was doing to risk trashing my install. > > BTW, this is on an amd64 6-current system incase it matters. I've received several private emails with suggested solutions. The simplest one for me (since I do have FreeBSD up and running on the system was to use the boot0cfg command thusly: boot0cfg -B -s 4 -m 0xd ad4 Now, to my original problem (that caused me to overwrite the FreeBSD boot manager with another that I tried called GAG). This particular system has a single 300 GB harddrive installed with four Slices (partitions in the DOS vernacular) setup as follows: 1 Windows XP (~100 GB) 2 Linux swap (~2 GB) 3 Linux root (~82 GB) 4 FreeBSD (~102 GB) With the FreeBSD boot manager (and with GAG) I can successfully boot Windows and FreeBSD, but not Linux. It's as though the boot record is not being found (geometry problems?). Perhaps someone out there has a suggestion on what's wrong, and what can be done to fix it. Thanks again, Bob -- Bob WillcoxReality is nothing but a collective hunch. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Lily Tomlin Austin, TX ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
