From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Oct 6 08:32:21 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 920DABD3BDC for ; Thu, 6 Oct 2016 08:32:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from laoluomoks@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x233.google.com (mail-wm0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::233]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1E332ECA for ; Thu, 6 Oct 2016 08:32:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from laoluomoks@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x233.google.com with SMTP id b201so30931939wmb.0 for ; Thu, 06 Oct 2016 01:32:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=PEu4GdFBkfHhPG8s8HooIdcXHA5/uAa9eJ5C3P1j85Y=; b=T//wEGjTzMW53gC5nkTecR5sO8THzlueP6akIQIZDREqma61mT8mUckk3yhfmxOX85 0Vd6++AnzEEnd+8W28zRTZgO8r5qGrxN3NdyeDLaplDRytxUUGBNAi4f3mXVRd1Y/Un+ vh9XxQNwq2yvaAEAKNyL39iqcWnha6BPzTDIvLCjZgJ+gRyFEGeOfA0izgoujJHRDL2v 1axap2KJpc+EtKZgG4kX6JcyXEe0iBsFRtoCHFJ/wB/MweYXKfI5ujlZCGibLnVj9jFV s/814rhue4b3zAHUvJ6wkzqk2NIHNlvN1ZSsWRs2P5GZkg/AOTf9Edh0t+voIZ51jbgC mIPA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=PEu4GdFBkfHhPG8s8HooIdcXHA5/uAa9eJ5C3P1j85Y=; b=VBiuVno6iaDpeTrmcdkSx42LkxhU+07WZcrmfl9bZcl8PmMOWFj8ItTdbSQ7yb0MLd XvJw82U+ov1svgpnyDxXRZsu+H5nf3axd3uTQMn0JySNkSb0aKizfwJdUgpRwTuIOGJH IPNo32zziv046hY6JO/Yrv2NOyhRQl2ZlqNZ6I2KlSGheiD7kY2zT0qSDYpoC/Z2sFhh NpJdnT5TVG3DLuJiQO9ug0q033S7AHqmynthnYwyzCyhk6cOanClI67bUc6cov1YYFDz +POtmSgR/vB9WNLwlxdgR5NLCN/VpasSNXpqdzOrkxTEPXXz7QIvE0HAkY4khr+aTZ2j ajcQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AA6/9Rm36ob9EPaiJX2w0Cw88XljKLKLg15xfLgpBNCw6cwo+EPmFY+SMZSfGPP6m/A0Jw== X-Received: by 10.195.11.104 with SMTP id eh8mr11055123wjd.128.1475742738707; Thu, 06 Oct 2016 01:32:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.16] ([154.66.40.220]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id y2sm13151176wji.42.2016.10.06.01.32.17 (version=TLS1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 06 Oct 2016 01:32:18 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Subject: Re: Hi, a dual booting question From: Olaoluwa Omokanwaiye X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (14A456) In-Reply-To: <20161005184752.2f7784a3@KoggyBSD.org> Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2016 09:32:14 +0100 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: References: <90FD08FD-FE91-4C6C-943C-0B58B072AE29@me.com> <20161005184752.2f7784a3@KoggyBSD.org> To: Allen , =?utf-8?Q?Trond_Endrest=C3=B8l?= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2016 08:32:21 -0000 Thanks Tron, Bertram and Allen for these and all the feedback. @Tron my partition scheme is MBR @ Bertram I ended up doing something similar to what you said and was succes= sful in dual booting xubuntu and FreeBSD succesfully. Xubuntu came first and= then installed FreeBSD 10.3 then I followed this instruction similar to you= rs from here http://abhinav-upadhyay.blogspot.com.ng/2011/05/making-netbsd-dual-boot-with= -linux.html?m=3D1 FreeBSD it's just terminal right now but I also want GUI, wireless network w= orking and my printer working. How do I go from here? @Allen , my only observation is that FreeBSD 10.3 did not use all the space I= dedicated to it so I have extra partition space and wondering what to do wi= th it. Should I install a third OS like OpenBSD or NetBSD and hope it will n= ot get any more complicated having a third OS. Finally all, now that I have the FreeBSD it's just terminal but I also want G= UI, wireless network and my printer working. How do I go from here Thanks again Ola Sent from my iPhone Sent from my iPhone > On 5 Oct 2016, at 11:47 PM, Allen wrote: >=20 > On Wed, 05 Oct 2016 14:09:56 +0100 > Olaoluwa Omokanwaiye wrote: >=20 >> Dear all , >>=20 >> Please I am have a little trouble dual booting xubuntu 16.04 and >> FreeBSD 10.3 I have successfully installed both, xubuntu first then >> the FreeBSD but on powering the system only the xubuntu comes up. How >> can I make the FreeBSD show up so I can select. >>=20 >> Thanks >> Ola >=20 > Hi, >=20 > I've seen the replies that were already posted, but I wanted to add > something to this: >=20 > There's a lot of ways to Dual Boot and Tri-Boot, and all that, but the > easiest way in my opinion is for sure doing it during the installation. > Doing this can be tricky for first timers, and you do need to sit down > and read up on your exact set up, but I recall quite a few times over > the years, where I'd be installing my second or third OS, and I'd > reboot at the end of the installation, and then the OS I had just > installed would either overwrite the MBR and I'd have no options to > boot my other OSs, or, it wouldn't do something, or I did something > wrong, and I couldn't boot my new OS Installation, and I'd be stuck > sitting there for 2 hours looking through Configuration Files, while > trying to deduce wether or not it was the new OS that didn't get put in > the right spot, or, did it over write the MBR when I didn't want it too. >=20 > One of the easiest things to deal with was SuSE Linux, because it has > YAST and YAST2 which let you actually open the Configuration for > Booting, and then from there, I'd just add whatever Options / > Partitions I needed too. >=20 > The problem was usually from the Installer; Sometimes I'd be using Boot > Magic and I'd need to set up the Installer a little different, because > I didn't want it over writing the MBR, or I'd lose my Partition Set Up, > and then I wouldn't be able to boot up anything else.=20 >=20 > So for whatever it's worth, google MBR things like LILO and Grub 2, and > the BSD Boot Loader, because all of those, allow you to use multiple > OSs, but sometimes, you may need to edit them by hand to add new OSs, > and set up which Partitions are going to be bootable. >=20 > Sorry about the Length, but Hope it helps, >=20 > -Allen > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g"