Re: FreeBSD, Ubuntu and Win XP on one system

2008-08-15 Thread Dominik Meister
Jason W. Morgan [Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 12:49:15PM -0400]: GRUB menu. It's not difficult, but it does add an extra step. Also, be sure to keep a backup of your modified GRUB config---it seems that each time Ubuntu decides it needs to perform a significant update, it replaces the GRUB config with

Re: FreeBSD, Ubuntu and Win XP on one system

2008-08-14 Thread Jason W. Morgan
On 2008.08.11 18:05:10, Jack Raats wrote: I would like to put FreeBSD, Ubuntu and WInXP on one system using a boot manager. Which version do I have to put first on the harddisk, which second and which last? I also want to know which bootmanager to use? Thanks for your time

Re: FreeBSD, Ubuntu and Win XP on one system

2008-08-14 Thread Mike Clarke
On Monday 11 August 2008, Jason W. Morgan wrote: it seems that each time Ubuntu decides it needs to perform a significant update, it replaces the GRUB config with the default, making FreeBSD once again inaccessible. There is probably a way to prevent this, but I never got around to

Re: FreeBSD, Ubuntu and Win XP on one system

2008-08-14 Thread nicodache
hors configure your kernel-img file correctly : [EMAIL PROTECTED] grep hook /etc/kernel-img.conf postinst_hook = /usr/sbin/update-grub postrm_hook = /usr/sbin/update-grub just comment out these. On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 6:24 PM, Mike Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 11 August 2008,

Re: FreeBSD, Ubuntu and Win XP on one system

2008-08-14 Thread Jason W. Morgan
On 2008.08.14 19:05:22, nicodache wrote: hors configure your kernel-img file correctly : [EMAIL PROTECTED] grep hook /etc/kernel-img.conf postinst_hook = /usr/sbin/update-grub postrm_hook = /usr/sbin/update-grub just comment out these. Good to know, if I ever use Ubuntu again. Thanks,

Re: FreeBSD, Ubuntu and Win XP on one system

2008-08-14 Thread Michel Talon
Jason W Morgan wrote: Also, be sure to keep a backup of your modified GRUB config---it seems that each time Ubuntu decides it needs to perform a significant update, it replaces the GRUB config with the default, making FreeBSD once again inaccessible. There is probably a way to prevent this,

Re: FreeBSD, Ubuntu and Win XP on one system

2008-08-11 Thread Andrew Gould
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 11:05 AM, Jack Raats [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to put FreeBSD, Ubuntu and WInXP on one system using a boot manager. Which version do I have to put first on the harddisk, which second and which last? I also want to know which bootmanager to use? Thanks

Re: FreeBSD, Ubuntu and Win XP on one system

2008-08-11 Thread Bruno Schmitt
I recommend installing FreeBSD first, then Windows and then Ubuntu. For reasons that I don't know, WinXP SP3 will become unable to start if you installs FreeBSD after it (It will freeze on the welcome screen). - I don't know if this problem just happened with me or with others people too, but it

Re: FreeBSD, Ubuntu and Win XP on one system

2008-08-11 Thread Patrick Lamaizière
Le Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:05:10 +0200, Jack Raats [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : I would like to put FreeBSD, Ubuntu and WInXP on one system using a boot manager. Which version do I have to put first on the harddisk, which second and which last? I also want to know which bootmanager to use?

Re: FreeBSD, Ubuntu and Win XP on one system

2008-08-11 Thread Mike Clarke
On Monday 11 August 2008, Bruno Schmitt wrote: Ubuntu uses GRUB boot manager and as far as I remember it won't recognize FreeBSD partition out of the box, so you will have to add some lines to /boot/grub/menu.lst # For booting FreeBSD title  FreeBSD 5.2 root   (hd0,a) chainloader +1

Re: FreeBSD, Ubuntu and Win XP on one system

2008-08-11 Thread Bruno Schmitt
Sorry for not making myself clear... When I said Ubuntu uses GRUB boot manager and as far as I remember it won't recognize FreeBSD partition out of the box I was referring to the GRUB installed by Ubuntu installation which won't come with FreeBSD partition configured. On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at

Re: FreeBSD, Ubuntu and Win XP on one system

2008-08-11 Thread perryh
I recommend installing FreeBSD first, then Windows and then Ubuntu ... Unless something has changed since the last time I was messing with this sort of thing, one hazard of installing a Linux last is that there may by then be no space left for the /boot partition, which has to be below cylinder