Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 20:03:13 -0400 From: Jud <judmarc@fastmail.fm> To: gorgarath@redwhitearmy.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot Loaders Message-ID: <oprtrmfnap0cf2rk@fastmail.fm> In-Reply-To: <20030811143041.49A0.GORGARATH@redwhitearmy.com> References: <20030811143041.49A0.GORGARATH@redwhitearmy.com>
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On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 14:38:56 -0400, John McDonnell <gorgarath@redwhitearmy.com> wrote: > From reading the handbook (well, skimming it for referances anyway) and > reading various posts on the mailing list, I believe I already know the > answer, but just want to clarify it. FreeBSD doesn't need a specialized > loader like Linux does. (i.e. Linux requires Lilo or now GRUB) And if you > really wanted to (though I don't know why you would) you can use XP's > "boot > loader" to load FreeBSD. If I'm correct, then I'd also be able to use > something like XOSL, ( [ www.xosl.org ] though it seems to no longer be > updated at all as far as I can tell. Neither there or at sourceforge. [ > xosl.sourceforge.net ] ) Ranish Partition Manager, [ www.ranish.com/part/ > ] > or any other boot loader available without haveing to do anything > specific > to boot FreeBSD (other than tell it the correct partition to boot from of > course). > > If there are any other steps I'd have to take, please let me know. > > Sincerely, > John McDonnell I was under the impression that Ranish PM was only a partition manager (available as part of XOSL as well as standalone?) rather than a bootloader. For managing and imaging partitions, have a look at BootItNG <URL: http://www.terabyteunlimited.com>, free for 30 day trial and IMO easier to use than Ranish. For a bootloader, you can certainly use XOSL; you may want to have a look at GAG <URL: http://gag.sourceforge.net/>, or you can install Grub from ports - /usr/ports/sysutils/grub. Jud
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