Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 19:40:22 +0200 From: Gianmarco Giovannelli <gmarco@scotty.masternet.it> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing Linux (and bootblocks) Message-ID: <4.1.19990720192857.019b3d80@194.184.65.4> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19990719231734.043bd460@localhost> References: <19990720092427.J72885@freebie.lemis.com> <37931080.C5917A44@giovannelli.it> <XFMail.990718043632.conrads@home.com> <4.2.0.58.19990718101705.00ccb720@localhost> <4.1.19990718224838.01324160@194.184.65.4> <19990719134536.K65436@freebie.lemis.com> <19990719095612.41282@ns.int.ftf.net> <19990719172747.A72625@freebie.lemis.com> <37931080.C5917A44@giovannelli.it>
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At 19/07/99, you wrote: >Yes, Red Hat will install in (and boot from) a logical drive in an extended >partition. This isn't that unusual; OS/2 has done it for years! In fact, >it's a good way to go, since with a boot manager that understands this scheme >you can have up to 23 OSes co-resident on one machine. > >The trick is (as I mentioned above) the boot manager. The boot manager >is installed in one of the four primary partitions (usually the first), and >that partition is permanently marked as "Startable." (If an OS install mucks >with that, there's usually a way to give it control again via a floppy disk.) >The boot manager, in turn, hands off control to the chosen OS, which resides >in one of the other partitions (primary or extended; it doesn't matter). >V Communications' System Commander and IBM's Boot Manager both work this way. >FreeBSD doesn't come with a boot manager that can do this, but as I understand >it you can use a third-party boot manager and partition management program >(e.g. System Commander plus Partition Commander) to make it boot out of >a primary partition that's not marked as startable. You may also be able >to make it boot out of a logical drive, so long as it doesn't freak out >when it discovers that it's located there; I haven't tried it. Thanks Brett for your reply... I solved my problems installing LILO and making the freebsd partition the default one... The only bad thing of lilo is that is simpler and faster to use F1, F2 and so on (like boot0cfg do) that write the name of the os you want to boot.. But at least it works... Best Regards, Gianmarco Giovannelli , "Unix expert since yesterday" http://www.giovannelli.it/~gmarco http://www2.masternet.it To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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