Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 23:45:46 -0400 From: "Gary T. Corcoran" <garycor@home.com> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Booting Linux with FreeBSD booter (hack needed) Message-ID: <39AF266A.8391325C@home.com> References: <200008310804.KAA19347@c3-dbn-108.dial-up.net>
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[ I'm sending this to the list just in case anyone searches the email archives for an answer to a similar question. ] I wrote: > > Now since the MBR booter "knows" that you don't boot DOS/Windows > > from an "extended" partition (type 5), it doesn't offer it as > > a boot choice. Now I could probably hack the booter (boot0 ?) > > to accept type 5 as a valid choice. But before I risk losing > > my whole (work) disk by messing with the MBR :), does anyone know if > > I do this, and install LILO (the linux loader) into my "extended" > > partition, will the MBR booter find the LILO booter to really > > be able to boot Linux? Or will the "extended dos" partition > > still confuse the MBR booter - that is, not find LILO where it > > expects it? Robert Nordier wrote: > Unfortunately any hack based around allowing selection of type 5 > partitions won't work. There's really no simple fix to get boot0 > booting stuff from within extended partitions. I found the latest version of the Linux loader (LILO), version 21.5.1, and installed it. Using the relatively-new "lba32" option for addressing large disks, I'm able to boot Windows/Linux/FreeBSD off my 12GB disk. Gary To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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