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Date:      Sun, 17 Sep 2006 18:51:10 -0800
From:      "Ahmad Arafat Abdullah" <trunasuci@mail.com>
To:        "Jeff Rollin" <jeff.rollin@gmail.com>, "Dan Bikle" <dan.bikle@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Freebsd, Suse Linux dual booting
Message-ID:  <20060918025110.A4C551BF287@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com>

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Rollin" <jeff.rollin@gmail.com>
> To: "Dan Bikle" <dan.bikle@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Freebsd, Suse Linux dual booting
> Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 01:59:36 +0100
>=20
>=20
> On 17/09/06, Dan Bikle <dan.bikle@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > People,
> >
> > this is great info; thanks for taking time to type it up.
> > I'm now convinced that Grub is good.
> >
> > On my FreeBSD box I see this:
> >
> > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 3 $
> > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 3 $
> > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 3 $
> > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 3 $
> > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 3 $ cat /etc/fstab
> > # Device                Mountpoint      FStype  Options         Dump
> > Pass#
> > /dev/ad8s3b             none            swap    sw              0      =
 0
> > /dev/ad8s3a             /               ufs     rw              1      =
 1
> > ##/dev/ad8s4a           /u1             ufs     rw              1      =
 1
> > /dev/acd0               /dvd1           cd9660  ro,noauto       0      =
 0
> > /dev/acd1               /dvd2           cd9660  ro,noauto       0      =
 0
> > linprocfs   /compat/linux/proc   linprocfs   rw   0  0
> > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $
> > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $
> > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $
> > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $
> >
> > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ df
> > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ df
> > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ df
> > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ df
> > Filesystem  1K-blocks     Used    Avail Capacity  Mounted on
> > /dev/ad8s3a  91913630 37443012 47117528    44%    /
> > devfs               1        1        0   100%    /dev
> > linprocfs           4        4        0   100%    /usr/compat/linux/proc
> > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 5 $
> > bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 5 $
> >
> > Comparing that with the information in the mail list
> > and this page:
> >
> > http://www.lemis.com/grog/diary-apr2006.html#21
> > suggests to me,
> > that this Grub entry would be appropriate:
> >
> > title FreeBSD 5.5
> >         root (hd8,2,a)
> >         kernel /boot/loader
> >
>=20
> Dang, I always mix up XP and FBSD syntax. Yes, that looks fine. Good luck!
>=20
> Jeff
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For me,
booting BSDa and other OS is easier with grub:

mine:

FreeBSD 6.1
   rootnoverify (hd0,0)
   chainloader +1

NetBSD 3.0.1
   rootnoverify (hd0,2)
   chainloader +1


gud luck!



=20


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