From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 30 10:28:26 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC3411065673 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:28:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from s0x7c0@netspace.net.au) Received: from mail.netspace.net.au (mail-out4.netspace.net.au [203.10.110.77]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B49F8FC1D for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:28:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from s0x7c0@netspace.net.au) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (114-198-11-237.VIC.netspace.net.au [114.198.11.237]) by mail.netspace.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82114379DA9; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:28:30 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <49D09EAC.90008@netspace.net.au> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:27:56 +1100 From: caleb User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ramiro Caso , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <49D01344.5010809@netspace.net.au> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: configuring the freebsd boot manager X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:28:27 -0000 Ramiro Caso wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> I am having some problems understanding how the freebsd boot manager >> works. I have installed FreeBSD and Linux on the same laptop HD and want >> to be able to select which one to boot when the computer starts. I >> installed the bootmanager to to the MBR during installation and when I >> boot the laptop I am presented with four choices; >> >> F1 - FreeBSD >> F2 - Linux >> F3 - ??? >> F4 - Linux >> >> but I am only able to select F1, F2-F3 only make the laptop beep and >> doesnt load anything. The way I have set up the HD is for Partition 1 to >> be a FreeBSD Slice, Partition 2 the Linux / Partition 3 is Linux swap >> and Partition 4 is Linux /home. Any help would be great >> > > This is a silly question, actually: do you have LILO installed on your Linux boot partition? > I have BootEasy on the MBR, and LILO on Linux boot, and it works just fine. Also: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/faq/disks.html#BOOTEASY-LOADER Hi Ramiro, Thanks for the reply. I tried a new approach because I dont think Ubuntu uses LILO. So instead I installed GRUB to the MBR and added an entry for freebsd in /boot/grub/menu.lst title FreeBSD 7.1, RELEASE root (hd0,3,a) kernel /boot/loader quiet