Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 21:19:57 +0100 From: Jeff Penn <jeff+dated+1051993198.23be77@jrpenn.demon.co.uk> To: Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Dual Boot FreeBSD and Linux Message-ID: <20030428201957.GB904@jrpenn.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20030428000300.GA11646@teddy.fas.com> References: <20030428000300.GA11646@teddy.fas.com>
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On Sun, Apr 27, 2003 at 08:03:00PM -0400, stan wrote: > I've got a new laptop that I want to dual boot FreeBSD, and Debian > Linux on. > > I installed FreeBSD specifying the boot loader, and then rebooted the > machine. I then installed Debian, specifying to leave the MBR alone, > and install LILO in /target on the linux filesystem partition. > > However now when I reboot, I get a choice for Linux, but pressing that > key (happens to be F3) just beeps. I looked in the handbook, and all I > could find about this was how to make LILO do this. I've run multi > boot machines in the past using the FreeBSD bootloader, but it's been > a while, and I forget the details of making it work. I'm currently running freebsd & debian. I initially installed freebsd & libranet with freebsd installed first on slice one without any problems. However, I found that running other fdisks, such as debian & freedos, would corrupt freebsd's superblock. Moving freebsd out to another slice (four) overcame the problem. I also found that unless the partitions within the freebsd slices are configured on a cylinder boundary debian complains during a reboot; but boots without problems. > Would I be better off using LILO or the FreeBSD bootloader (or Grub)? If you want to run Linux from an extended partition you will need to use lilo or grub. I boot using grub installed on freebsd, with debian installed on hda5-10. Grub has the advantage of understanding filesystems, whereas lilo needs to record the physical position of the kernel on the disk each time the kernel is updated. Jeff
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