Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 21:58:02 -0400 From: Jud <jud@myrealbox.com> To: SweeTLeaF <SweeTLeaF@myrealbox.com>, pbdlists@pinboard.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: grub boot loader or freebsd boot loader Message-ID: <F0HYV2XNIXWNLTOC8X1V3W5387A993.3d9e472a@sparky> In-Reply-To: <20021004223848.D49694@pinboard.com>
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10/4/2002 4:38:48 PM, pbdlists@pinboard.com wrote: >Grub is very powerful. (I would like to see it as the default boot loader >on FreeBSD.) But it is not so easy to configure, a bit a steep learning >curve. However, if you dig in, you'll be greatly rewarded with >flexibility. I suggest you give it a shot. > >Cheers, > >Kurt > >On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 04:58:25PM -0500, SweeTLeaF wrote: >> >> Primary Master: 40gig >> Primary Slave: 20 gig >> >> I want to install XP on the first 20gig of the Master, Redhat 8.0 on >> the remaining 20gig of the Master and FreeBSD on the entire 20gig of >> the Slave. What would be my best options for being able to boot all 3. >> I heard grub had issues booting BSD so i just wanted to know my best >> approach before starting. I actually think (just my own opinion) that Grub is very easy to configure *if you read the documentation thoroughly*. But the necessity to read the documentation thoroughly before using Grub might disqualify it as the default bootloader. Something dead simple though not as full- featured, like the FreeBSD bootloader at present, may serve better as the default. Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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