Re: Multi-boot Linux + FreeBSD

2012-11-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Thank you Damien, Lucas and Juergen :) btw. the off topic on multimedia is my bad, I wasn't subscribed to FreeBSD questions. While reading howtos I missed http://www.freebsd.org/doc/faq/disks.html#grub-loader I'll add title FreeBSD 9.0 root (hd0,a) kernel /boot/loader to my men

Re: Multi-boot Linux + FreeBSD

2012-11-24 Thread Damien Fleuriot
While no expert, I would advise against running the kernel directly. The loader allows you to boot in single user which may come handy at times. On 24 Nov 2012, at 18:08, "Lucas B. Cohen" wrote: > Hi Ralf, > > On 2012.11.24 17:06, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> Perhaps later today I'll install 9.0 am

Re: Multi-boot Linux + FreeBSD

2012-11-24 Thread Lucas B. Cohen
Hi Ralf, On 2012.11.24 17:06, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > 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? I don't know if GRUB v1 allows that, on a multiboot s

Multi-boot Linux + FreeBSD

2012-11-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
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