Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 06:16:47 -0800 (PST) From: yoshiaki@kt.rim.or.jp To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bin/5176: Boot FreeBSD from Linux LILO Message-ID: <199711291416.GAA02994@hub.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <199711291420.GAA03134@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 5176
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: Boot FreeBSD from Linux LILO
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sat Nov 29 06:20:01 PST 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: yoshiaki UCHIKAWA
>Organization:
>Release: FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE i386
>Environment:
>Description:
On FreeBSD 2.2.5R CDROM (Walnut Creek CDROM)
----No. 3 /www/FAQ
8.8. How do I boot FreeBSD and Linux from LILO?
Theoretically you should be able to boot FreeBSD from LILO by treating
it as a DOS-style operating system, but I haven't been able to get it
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
to work. If you put LILO at the start of your Linux boot partition
instead of in the MBR, you can boot LILO from the FreeBSD boot
manager. This is what I do.
----
But we can get it to work.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
If you have installed LILO in the MBR and want to boot FreeBSD from it,
just follow the instructions for booting non-Linux operating system
(foreign operating system).
Note that you need to add ``loader = /boot/any_d.b'' or
``loader = /boot/chain.b'' to the entry for FreeBSD in /etc/lilo.conf
if the FreeBSD boot partition is not in the first disk.
If you get a failure in loading FreeBSD kernel and therefore can not
boot up, you should specify the BIOS drive number and boot
drive at the Boot: prompt like `1:sd(0,a)/kernel', or
configure /boot.config properly (2.2.5R or later).
See <url
url="http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Linux+FreeBSD.html"
name="The Linux+FreeBSD mini-HOWTOD"> written by <url
url="http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/"
name="The Linux Documentation Project (LDP)"> or LILO users manual
can be obtained from <url
url="ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/boot/lilo/"
name="here"> for further details.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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