Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 08:11:51 -0400 From: John McDonnell <gorgarath@redwhitearmy.com> To: Jud <judmarc@fastmail.fm> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot Loaders Message-ID: <20030815013330.6257.GORGARATH@redwhitearmy.com> In-Reply-To: <oprtrmfnap0cf2rk@fastmail.fm> References: <20030811143041.49A0.GORGARATH@redwhitearmy.com> <oprtrmfnap0cf2rk@fastmail.fm>
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Ranish Partition Manager has become an actual boot loader as well. The latest "beta" version supports any size hard drive with up to something like 30 primary partitions. It, of course, has to store the additional partition information in a seperate "Ranish Partition Manager" partition. (Suggested size of the last complete cyl. or possibly last incomplete cyl. though complete cyl. is recommended. 8MB partition is what I usually end up with when I've used it.) You have the option then of installing a "default" (M$), "Text", or "Compact" boot loader. I think the "Compact" bm is mostly the same as the Text one, but I can't really remember all the details. I never used Ranish for a boot loader. Here's a link to a site describing how to set up a multi-boot using (an older version of) Ranish: http://www.trombettworks.com/multi-boot.htm Sincerely, John D. McDonnell --------------------------------------------------------------- John D. McDonnell Goroth Computing gorgarath@redwhitearmy.com ( freebsd ) gorgarath@xsmail.com ( normal )
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