Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 17:30:47 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, Beech Rintoul <beech@alaskaparadise.com>, jekillen <jekillen@prodigy.net> Subject: Re: dual boot; Linux, FreeBSD Message-ID: <20060611143047.GA2585@gothmog.pc> In-Reply-To: <200606110244.k5B2iaqX015057@clunix.cl.msu.edu> References: <200606101832.56687.beech@alaskaparadise.com> <200606110244.k5B2iaqX015057@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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On 2006-06-10 22:44, Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> wrote: > > ---- much excised --- > > > Anyway, this all works just fine. The MBR and initial boot > > > record in the boot sector of each slice (or primary > > > partition if you must degrade to MS terminology) have just > > > enough standardization that the FreeBSD MBR or most any of > > > the other more fancy ones, can initiate the boot for any of > > > the OS-en commonly available to run on these machines. > > > Since the OS specific stuff really comes after it gets in > > > to the slice boot record code in the boot sector, then > > > generally any of them can boot any of them. The exception > > > is MS MBRs. I have heard that some more recent ones play > > > better, but any I have had so far will not boot any slice > > > except one for a MS OS. I don't know what they screw up, > > > but find it not surprising. > > > > > > So, there is the tome. > > > All newbies, careful what you ask. Someone may answer > > > thusly with more than you every wanted to know. > > > > Maybe this ought to be included in the handbook. I've seen > > this question or one like it 100's of times on these lists. > > That was the best answer I've seen. > > Just my $.02 > > Thanks for the positive comment. > It glosses over stuff a little and isn't precisely correct in > all detail, but I think it generally is correct and represents > the way things work for all practical matters. > > Maybe it can be a FAQ. How do they get there? Hi Jerry, Can you check if we can massage it a bit and then make it a part of: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/arch-handbook/boot.html I can do the integration with the current book text, SGMLify your text, and commit the resulting changes with a little help from you :) - Giorgos
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