From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 2 8:14:52 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.rz.uni-ulm.de (sirius-giga.rz.uni-ulm.de [134.60.246.36]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CEE037B61F for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2001 08:14:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lilith (lilith.wohnheim.uni-ulm.de [134.60.106.64]) by mail.rz.uni-ulm.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id RAA06189; Tue, 2 Oct 2001 17:14:36 +0200 (MEST) Message-ID: <001c01c14b54$fe813060$4011a8c0@wohnheim.uniulm.de> From: "Siegbert Baude" To: "Max Cloud" Cc: References: Subject: Re: URGENT!!!PLEASER HELP!!! THANKX!!! Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 17:14:55 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello Max, > Morning, i got a problem over this FreeBSD and Linux red hat 6.2, the > thing is, i have some PC that are loaded with linux red hat 6.2, then i want > to install FreeBSD as my second Operating System, at first i was not able to > install because i can't set a partition for BSD, after that i used Partition > Magic to make a partition from my existing linux. But my linux was an > extended partition and so the FreeBSD can see or detect it when install, > after that i manage to make the partition to "primary" partition. and > finally i have install FreeBSD. But when i reboot, there is some option like > "F1 Linux" "F2 Dos" and "F3 FreeBSD", but note that the F1 and F2 cannot > fucntion, when you press it just came out the sound "beep..", the only thing > can work is "F3" which is FreeBSD, so i try to solve this problem by using > boot manager like XOSL 1.1.5, after i install, they said "Install error", so > when i restart, they load it to XOSL but still the same thing, linux is > missing. And FreeBSD remain there. So i try reinstall my FreeBSD and when > they ask about booting option i try "boot manager", the second one and the > "none" one. but all these 3 also can't work. They won't bring me back to > Linux. > > So, how can I solve above problem? > > 1) So how can i make my linux and FreeBSD bootable and working ? Most probably you have overwritten your lilo in the MBR (master boot record), when you installed FreeBSD. You must boot from a Linux rescue disk or CD and reinstall lilo in the boot record of the Linux partition (!) that is not in the MBR. > 2) Can FreeBSD and linux Red Hat 6.2 install at the same harddisk and what > boot manager are advices to use? Everything works: lilo, xosl, FreeBSD boot loader, grub, ... > 3) Beside using FreeBSD boot manager and XOSL 1.1.5, are they anything else > which is better? xosl will give the most Wows, when seen by your friends. :-) > 4) Are they any "step by step" installation guide for "Installing Linux and > FreeBSD at the same HDD"? Search for "linux HOWTO freebsd" in your favourite search engine. > 5) If i would install my linux and FreeBSD, which one should i install > first? If you know what you are doing both ways are fine. Make sure to never overwrite lilo, before copying it to the Linux partition. > 6) How come the boot manager shows ¡§F1 Linux¡¨, ¡§F2 Dos¡¨¡K. But when I > pres F1 it can¡¦t go it to linux? Because you have overwritten lilo in the MBR. > 7) Can you guide me to the installation of FreeBSD? I got the installation > guide from www.FreeBSD.org, but still can¡¦t work on Linux. Look into the above mentioned HOWTO for further hints. > 8) Can I have FreeBSD, linux and unix, 3 Operating System at the same time? Yes. > Final question, I understand that FreeBSD and Linux is a kind of ¡§UNIX¡¨, > so where can I get the pure unix? There is none. Look into the history of Unix and be astonished, whch variety of things are covered by the term "Unix". Ciao Siegbert To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message