Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 19:31:18 -0400 From: Sergey Babkin <babkin@bellatlantic.net> To: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> Cc: "Gary T. Corcoran" <garycor@home.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Booting Linux with FreeBSD booter (hack needed) Message-ID: <39AEEAC6.1F832303@bellatlantic.net> References: <200008310804.KAA19347@c3-dbn-108.dial-up.net>
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Robert Nordier wrote: > > Gary T. Corcoran wrote: > > > Now since the MBR booter "knows" that you don't boot DOS/Windows > > from an "extended" partition (type 5), it doesn't offer it as > > a boot choice. Now I could probably hack the booter (boot0 ?) > > to accept type 5 as a valid choice. But before I risk losing > > my whole (work) disk by messing with the MBR :), does anyone know if > > I do this, and install LILO (the linux loader) into my "extended" > > partition, will the MBR booter find the LILO booter to really > > be able to boot Linux? Or will the "extended dos" partition > > still confuse the MBR booter - that is, not find LILO where it > > expects it? > > Unfortunately any hack based around allowing selection of type 5 > partitions won't work. There's really no simple fix to get boot0 > booting stuff from within extended partitions. What about installing the FreeBSD MBR into the boot sector of the extended partition and calling it recursively ? That would require some changes to the MBR: it should be able to receive somehow the knowledge that it's loaded from an extended partition and the exact geometry of that partition. No, I'm not volunteering :-) -SB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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