Re: configuring the freebsd boot manager
Ramiro Caso wrote: Hi everyone, I am having some problems understanding how the freebsd boot manager works. I have installed FreeBSD and Linux on the same laptop HD and want to be able to select which one to boot when the computer starts. I installed the bootmanager to to the MBR during installation and when I boot the laptop I am presented with four choices; F1 - FreeBSD F2 - Linux F3 - ??? F4 - Linux but I am only able to select F1, F2-F3 only make the laptop beep and doesnt load anything. The way I have set up the HD is for Partition 1 to be a FreeBSD Slice, Partition 2 the Linux / Partition 3 is Linux swap and Partition 4 is Linux /home. Any help would be great This is a silly question, actually: do you have LILO installed on your Linux boot partition? I have BootEasy on the MBR, and LILO on Linux boot, and it works just fine. Also: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/faq/disks.html#BOOTEASY-LOADER Hi Ramiro, Thanks for the reply. I tried a new approach because I dont think Ubuntu uses LILO. So instead I installed GRUB to the MBR and added an entry for freebsd in /boot/grub/menu.lst title FreeBSD 7.1, RELEASE root (hd0,3,a) kernel /boot/loader quiet ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
configuring the freebsd boot manager
Hi everyone, I am having some problems understanding how the freebsd boot manager works. I have installed FreeBSD and Linux on the same laptop HD and want to be able to select which one to boot when the computer starts. I installed the bootmanager to to the MBR during installation and when I boot the laptop I am presented with four choices; F1 - FreeBSD F2 - Linux F3 - ??? F4 - Linux but I am only able to select F1, F2-F3 only make the laptop beep and doesnt load anything. The way I have set up the HD is for Partition 1 to be a FreeBSD Slice, Partition 2 the Linux / Partition 3 is Linux swap and Partition 4 is Linux /home. Any help would be great thanks, Brett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
RE: configuring the freebsd boot manager
Hi everyone, I am having some problems understanding how the freebsd boot manager works. I have installed FreeBSD and Linux on the same laptop HD and want to be able to select which one to boot when the computer starts. I installed the bootmanager to to the MBR during installation and when I boot the laptop I am presented with four choices; F1 - FreeBSD F2 - Linux F3 - ??? F4 - Linux but I am only able to select F1, F2-F3 only make the laptop beep and doesnt load anything. The way I have set up the HD is for Partition 1 to be a FreeBSD Slice, Partition 2 the Linux / Partition 3 is Linux swap and Partition 4 is Linux /home. Any help would be great This is a silly question, actually: do you have LILO installed on your Linux boot partition? I have BootEasy on the MBR, and LILO on Linux boot, and it works just fine. Also: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/faq/disks.html#BOOTEASY-LOADER thanks, Brett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org _ Encontrá el auto de tus sueños en MSN http://xml.mercadolibre.com.ar/org-img/msn/autos.html___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
