Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 06:33:50 +0200 From: Gianmarco Giovannelli <gmarco@scotty.masternet.it> To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is possible that our bootblock ... Message-ID: <4.1.19990718063321.01ef26f0@194.184.65.4>
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At 18/07/99, you wrote: >> ... that is installed by boot0cfg is not able to boot Linux partition, >> even if they are corrected identified ? > >At least RedHat has taken to installing Linux in extended DOS partitions >by default. (I've no idea about other distributions.) Unless you're >going to rely on LILO or some other non-standard boot manager, you don't >want to do this for two reasons: > > o Linux has no business being in an extended DOS partition in the > first place. > > o Only primary partitions are startable (bootable). > >However, you can override this and ensure that a primary partition is >used. If that is done, boot0 boots RH 5.2 fine. Uhm, firts of all thanks for your kind reply... Btw : 1) Linux partitions are primary: type 131 and 130 (The hd has 4 primary partitions: FreeBSD , Windows, Linux Native, Linux Swap) 2) I used the same ones for every Linux installation Debian, Suse, Mandrake, Slackware... But the only one able to reboot remains debian... >> It works only with Linux partition installed by Debian (2.1)... All >> the other (Redhat 5.2, 6.0 ; Suse 6.1, turbolinux, Mandrake, Slackware >> etc etc ) fails to boot and appears the prompt F? ... everything else >> (FreeBSD or windows) boot correctly... > >If you are getting a F? prompt, you're using BootEasy not boot0. This is funny and now I am confused ... This was happening on my seaside box that hadn't a modem so I couldn't use email from there... (Now I have bought it and in a few hours I'll come back there and install it :-) I have installed bootblock by /stand/sysinstall, now things are: 1) I really don't remember well if it is the real shape of the prompt.... 2) sysinstall of 3.2-RELEASE don't install boot0 but booteasy ..... But it is easier I am wrong in remembering the prompt (option 1) :-) but I am not wrong in the fact that are all primary partitions, otherwise it doesn't display something like this : F1: ??? F2: FreeBSD F3: Linux F4: Linux I'll let you know... Thanks again for your attention... P.s. I don't like Linux, these test are only to know "enemy" better :-) P.P.s What about boot0 to recognize also fat32 partitions ?? and what about to change the 130 to Linux Swap ??? Yes I know the space is not so big in mbr, but can find a little deleting smething else ??? 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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