Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 18:37:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Roger Rabbit <spiffer@eclipse.net> To: alan17@wizard.net Cc: Bond Jeffery <Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to boot FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.05.9907051832170.3125-100000@deepthought.bflat.com> In-Reply-To: <19990705182530.301.qmail@alanmcc.net.us>
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Alan, Yes, you can set up LILO to accept bsd, I have SuSE, Debian, and BSD 3.2 on my system, along with Wintendo, which I only use for gaming... they are all booted from LILO. I got the information from the BSD FAQ page on how to accomplish it, but here is a quick rundown. other= /dev/partition BSD located table=/dev/harddrive BSD located on loader=/boot/chain.b (I remember the FAQ talking about why this is needed, but I'm not positive now what it was.. sorry) label=bsd Thats about it, but I would check the FAQ to reconfirm. Hope this helps, Roger ***************************************************************** * * * Roger Williams Enlightened with 0.15 * * * * If Bill Gates had a nickel for everytime that * * Windows crashed.... Oh wait, he does. * * * * spiffer@eclipse.net http://www.eclipse.net/~spiffer * * * * ICQ 973589 * ***************************************************************** On Mon, 5 Jul 1999 alan17@wizard.net wrote: > According to Bond, Jeffery: > > > > Basically, the easy way is to not create ANY partitions for FreeBSD yet, but > > just leave some unused space (3 gig or whatever). The FreeBSD intall program > > will then let you create the proper partition (just one) in the space you > > left, and then let you slice that up into swap, and filesystems. > > > > Order the 3.2-RELEASE CD by all means. It will save a lot of time > > downloading. I find that downloading is only really viable if you have a > > permanent connection (i.e. at work), and have access to a CD burner, > > especially if you want all the packages. I ordered a 2.2.5 CD from Walnut > > Creek ages ago, and they seem very quick and reliable. > Jeff, thanks for your info, which was all completely on target. > I bought my 3.2 CDs from Cheapbytes, they took longer than they > usually do(I recommend them BTW) and I finally got around to > installing FreeBSD. It did not wipe my Linux partitions, for > which I am grateful. > > But I can't get to it!! I searched for a way to make a bootable floppy > but couldn't find it. If that's my stupidity/carelessness, I hope someone > will kindly point out where on my two CDs such a thing can be found. > > Of course, I'd rather amend my LILO( = L*n*x LOADER<g>). My situation: > I have an original 2.1 HD with 300meg allocated to DOS(more or less as > an act of piety, I never use it) and the rest allocated to Linux. My > present LILO allows me to boot either, giving me a prompt before > anything comes up. > > And now I have a FreeBSD installation at the beginning of my 6.3g second > hard drive, and I'd like to be able to enter e.g. "fbsd" when the LILO > prompt appears and be able to boot FreeBSD. > > Does anyone out there boot FreeBSD from LILO? Could you share with > me how to add to my present /etc/lilo.conf? I would be most grateful. > > TIA, > > Alan > > -- > Alan McConnell Every increase of needs tends to increase one's > Pixel Analysis dependence on outside forces over which one cannot have > alan17@wizard.net control, and therefore increases existential fear. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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