Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 11:12:42 +0530 (IST) From: Rakhesh Sasidharan <rakhesh@cse.iitd.ernet.in> To: Jeronimo Pellegrini <pellegrini@mpcnet.com.br> Cc: Rakhesh Sasidharan <rakhesh@cse.iitd.ernet.in>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Multi OS installation Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10008241107190.28074-100000@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <86lmxnw7ki.fsf@mpcnet.com.br>
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On 24 Aug 2000, Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: > > Well anyways, I couldn't mail to freebsd-questions during that time, and > > so I had to resort to the NetBSD mailing list. A person there did offer > > me helpful suggestion, although I haven't tried them out so far, and so > > can't say much. The gist of it was that extended drives can be accessed > > as wd0s5 upwards (ie, primary hdd, slices 5 and upwards). It seems we can > > even make disklabels in it. But I really haven't tried ... :-( > > Hmmm... It's worth a try. Definitely. Do write in your results. > > > Could I have the URL from where you got GRUB, and also any URLs that have > > documentation/info abt it. I had tried once long ago when I wanted to > > boot HURD, and that's it. > > Grub's page is at: > > http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub.en.html > > But you can probably find some RPM... In Debian, I think it's already > packaged in the latest stable release. (It's in unstable, I'm sure) Is GRUB available only for Linux, or are there versions for (Free|Net|Open)BSD also ? I haven't checked the homepage - just asking. > > BTW, it case u don't have GRUB, you can always use LILO (supplied > > alongwith Linux). Check out the manpages/other-docs for more info. > > Something similar to what's used to boot Windows, I guess... (Ading > an entry like "other") Yes. > > Also, I must add: FreeBSD can't mount UFS (or FFS) partitions rw. This > ^^^^^^^ > > Er... Linux, right? I think FreeBSD probably can mount UFS partitions > rw... But I could be wrong! :-))) Aaaw, c'mon. :-) > > > means, you can't write to any of FreeBSD's partitions. So if you wan't to > > share data, you might consider making your home partition/slice ext2fs, > > and then mount it rw from both. > > Also... I think in recent Linux kernels there';s an experimental > option in configuration that allows you to write to UFS. I'm using it, > and hd no problewms (yet)... > But you have to say "yes" to the first config quessstion (prompt for > experimental stuff or not?) I too have heard of an experimental option. Something called U2FS or something. Seems to let you mount ffs partitions rw. I didn't wan't to risk my data by using experimental stuff, and so haven't tried it out so far. I think it is also available at freshmeat.net. Rakhesh To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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