Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 07:36:24 -0700 From: Emmanuel Gravel <egravel@earthlink.net> To: Steve Sizemore <steve@cmpharm.ucsf.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Multiboot linux + freebsd on two drives Message-ID: <200008021433.HAA16071@hawk.prod.itd.earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <20000801093235.C87514@cmpharm.ucsf.edu> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007281125230.258-100000@bagabeedaboo.security.at12.de> <20000727134824.C39397@cmpharm.ucsf.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007281125230.258-100000@bagabeedaboo.security.at12.de>
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I was able to do this at one time. The way I finally got around to making it work (two different HD's, one for each OS) was by using strictly LILO for both OS'es. If you look in the mailing list archives, I think I have a few posts that describe some of the more tricky details (look for messages from egravel@juno.com). All I can say is that the docs aren't quite complete on this issue... YMMV. Good luck! Emmanuel At 09:32 AM 8/1/00 -0700, Steve Sizemore wrote: >Thanks for the reply, Paul. > >On Fri, Jul 28, 2000 at 11:31:30AM +0200, Paul Herman wrote: >> On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, Steve Sizemore wrote: >> >> > Simple version of my question: "How can I make my second disk, >> > containg FreeBSD, bootable?" >> >> Like you mentioned, BootEasy will do this for you. In order for this >> to work, BootEasy needs to be in the MBR of all disks you want to boot >> from. > >BootEasy is in the MBR, of both disks, as far as I can tell, but it >still won't boot FreeBSD on the second disk. > >> > to boot linux, lilo has to be installed in the boot slice >> > (partition) rather than the mbr. Makes sense, but there's no >> > mention of how to do that. >> >> In lilo.conf, change: >> >> boot=/dev/sda >> - to - >> boot=/dev/sdaX >> >> where X is the partition number of your linux partition, and then >> rerun the lilo command. Then install BootEasy on the MBR of both your >> disks (the easiest way is with sysinstall.) >> > >This is good info - thanks. Having done that, I can now boot linux >(via LILO) from FreeBSD's BootEasy. I still can't boot FreeBSD, >however, which is my real goal. (I still think that the problem is with >boot1 or boot2.) > >Does anyone know how to make FreeBSD on /dev/da1s1 actually bootable? >Thanks. > >Steve >-- >----------------------------------------------#-----#--#####--------------- > # # # # > Steve Sizemore # # # > Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology # # # > Box 0450, Room HSE-1285 # # # > University of California Medical Center # # # # > 513 Parnassus Avenue ##### ##### ##### ####### > San Francisco CA 94143-0450 # # # > # # > steve@cmpharm.ucsf.edu ##### ##### > (415) 476-6987 FAX: (415) 476-6515 # # > # # # >-------------------------------------------------------------#####--#------ > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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