Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 19:11:31 -0800 From: Beech Rintoul <beech@alaskaparadise.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>, jekillen <jekillen@prodigy.net> Subject: Re: dual boot; Linux, FreeBSD Message-ID: <200606101911.58033.beech@alaskaparadise.com> In-Reply-To: <200606110244.k5B2iaqX015057@clunix.cl.msu.edu> References: <200606110244.k5B2iaqX015057@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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--nextPart2135113.yea9k8xBy6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Saturday 10 June 2006 18:44, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > ---- much excised --- > > > > > Anyway, this all works just fine. The MBR and initial boot record in > > > the boot sector of each slice (or primary partition if you must degra= de > > > to MS terminology) have just enough standardization that the FreeBSD > > > MBR or most any of the other more fancy ones, can initiate the boot f= or > > > any of the OS-en commonly available to run on these machines. Since > > > the OS specific stuff really comes after it gets in to the slice boot > > > record code in the boot sector, then generally any of them can boot a= ny > > > of them. The exception is MS MBRs. I have heard that some more recent > > > ones play better, but any I have had so far will not boot any slice > > > except one for a MS OS. I don't know what they screw up, but find it > > > not surprisin=3D > > > > g. > > > > > So, there is the tome. > > > All newbies, careful what you ask. Someone may answer thusly with mo= re > > > than you every wanted to know. > > > > > > ////jerry > > > > Maybe this ought to be included in the handbook. I've seen this question > > or one like it 100's of times on these lists. That was the best answer > > I've seen. > > Just my $.02 > > Thanks for the positive comment. > It glosses over stuff a little and isn't precisely correct in all detail, > but I think it generally is correct and represents the way things work > for all practical matters. > > Maybe it can be a FAQ. How do they get there? > > ////jerry > > > Beech I'd ask that question on the freebsd-doc@freebsd.org list. I've never=20 submitted anything to any of the docs, so I have no clue what their procedu= re=20 is. Beech =2D-=20 =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- Beech Rintoul - Sys. Administrator - beech@alaskaparadise.com /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Alaska Paradise \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9Th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \ - Please visit Alaska Paradise - http://www.alaskaparadise.com =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- --nextPart2135113.yea9k8xBy6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBEi4n9p5D0B1NlT4URAvLAAJ9LmBDWSPP2+brQampEkO8Xp9nxygCfXVeE vLcn8Y2tBzKuWOWwuWq+g2M= =Q73Y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2135113.yea9k8xBy6--
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