Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:46:18 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dual boot problems (RESOLVED) Message-ID: <45D2860A.3060704@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20070214031441.506a007e@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <1159.192.168.1.2.1171417443.squirrel@mail.totaldiver.net> <20070214022752.462a549d@gumby.homeunix.com> <1223.192.168.1.2.1171421512.squirrel@mail.totaldiver.net> <20070214031441.506a007e@gumby.homeunix.com>
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RW wrote: > On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:51:52 -0500 (EST) > "Questions" <questions@totaldiver.net> wrote: > >>> On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:44:03 -0500 (EST) >>> "Questions" <questions@totaldiver.net> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> However, when I try FreeBSD/amd64, grub won't compile (it's >>>> architecture is forced to i386 only in the Makefile. I haven't dug >>>> into why, but I'm confident there is a reason. Obviously, grub >>>> becomes a non-option. Gag has the same limitation of being i386 >>>> only. >>>> >>> I'm not sure why gag is i386 only, all it does is install a binary >>> floppy disk ISO. You can also install it from many Linux live CDs. >>> Once it's installed it's independent of the original installation >>> medium. Probably because architecture stuff and bit length in 32-bit is half :)? Instruction set's a bit different too. There are some new features in the new Intel processors like overflow protection, etc, so I wouldn't doubt there are differences in ISA at the assembler level. >>> !DSPAM:4,45d274028483574158760! >>> >>> >>> >> >> To help anyone out who is also attempting to dualboot FreeBSD/amd64 >> and Vista: here is what I did. >> >> Install Vista first. Use the disk manager to create a partition (or >> resize the partition) to make room for FreeBSD. >> >> reboot, and install FreeBSD, installing a standard MBR (the machine >> will reboot directly into FreeBSD) >> >> After back into a fresh FreeBSD, do: >> sysinstall > Configure > Distributions > lib32 (this installs 32bit >> compatibility libraries. >> >> Now fetch >> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6.2-release/Latest/grub.tbz >> (yes, the i386 package) >> >> pkg_add grub.tgz >> >> It will now work in compatibility mode, and you can use it same as >> you can with a native FreeBSD/i386. > > FWIW gag will work without any of that, and will carry on working if > you replace the FreeBSD partition. Yeah, but grub provides more power in choosing your load options though. Besides, gag has an ugly bootloader screen >_>.. I only use gag when I'm not afforded a choice with FreeBSD's bootloader and then grub. -Garrett
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