Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:05:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Unga <unga888@yahoo.com> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: How to dual-boot FreeBSD 9 with Linux? Message-ID: <1319868323.27672.YahooMailNeo@web160113.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20111029045714.B73C7106566C@hub.freebsd.org> References: <1319819884.93776.YahooMailNeo@web160115.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <20111029045714.B73C7106566C@hub.freebsd.org>
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----- Original Message -----=0A=0A> From: Thomas Mueller <mueller6727@bells= outh.net>=0A> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org=0A> Cc: =0A> Sent: Saturday= , October 29, 2011 4:47 AM=0A> Subject: Re: How to dual-boot FreeBSD 9 with= Linux?=0A> =0A>> Is any one by now successfully dual-booting FreeBSD 9 wi= th Linux?=0A> =0A>> I have tried with OpenSuse 11.4 with FreeBSD 9. OpenSu= se installs Grub1 to =0A> mbr. Grub1 doesn't seem to support FreeBSD 9. It = cannot recognise the file =0A> system=0A> +type.=0A> =0A>> Any help in thi= s regard is very much appreciated.=0A> =0A>> Many thanks in advance.=0A> = =0A>> Unga=0A> =0A> Not yet, but I intend to, once I get Linux built and i= nstalled, possibly =0A> starting with a cross-compile from FreeBSD 9.=0A> = =0A> On my older computer, i386 (32-bit), I dual-boot FreeBSD 8.2 and Linux= =0A> (Slackware) using LILO, also FreeDOS on another hard disk, can even b= oot =0A> grub4dos and Plop (http://www.plop.at/) boot manager from LILO.=0A= > =0A> Can you use rootnoverify with grub1 (you must mean grub 0.97)?=0A> = =0AYes, it is 0.97. =0A=0A> You could also try grub2, which is in the ports= under sysutils.=0A> =0A> Is your hard disk partitioned MBR or GPT?=0A> =0A= =0AIts MBR.=0A=0A> My hard disk is partitioned GPT, I still can't boot the = hard disk directly, =0A> but using the System Rescue CD (http://sysresccd.o= rg/), I go to the Super Grub =0A> Disk in the floppy images, hit c to get t= o command prompt, and=0A> =0A> set root=3D(hd0,3)=0A> kfreebsd /boot/loader= =0A> boot=0A> =0A> You would use the actual FreeBSD partition which will pr= obably be different from =0A> (hd0,3).=0A> =0A> Tom=0A> =0A=0ATom,=A0 thank= s for the reply. I managed to get both OpenSUSE 11.4 and FreeBSD 9 dual-boo= t on i386 desktop computer.=0A=0AUnga=0A
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