Re: How to dual-boot FreeBSD 9 with Linux?


----- Original Message -----=0A=0A> From: Thomas Mueller <mueller6727@bells=
outh.net>=0A> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org=0A> Cc: =0A> Sent: Saturday=
, October 29, 2011 4:47 AM=0A> Subject: Re: How to dual-boot FreeBSD 9 with=
 Linux?=0A> =0A>>  Is any one by now successfully dual-booting FreeBSD 9 wi=
th Linux?=0A> =0A>>  I have tried with OpenSuse 11.4 with FreeBSD 9. OpenSu=
se installs Grub1 to =0A> mbr. Grub1 doesn't seem to support FreeBSD 9. It =
cannot recognise the file =0A> system=0A> +type.=0A> =0A>>  Any help in thi=
s regard is very much appreciated.=0A> =0A>>  Many thanks in advance.=0A> =
=0A>>  Unga=0A> =0A> Not yet, but I intend to, once I get Linux built and i=
nstalled, possibly =0A> starting with a cross-compile from FreeBSD 9.=0A> =
=0A> On my older computer, i386 (32-bit), I dual-boot FreeBSD 8.2 and Linux=
 =0A> (Slackware) using LILO, also FreeDOS on another hard disk, can even b=
oot =0A> grub4dos and Plop (http://www.plop.at/) boot manager from LILO.=0A=
> =0A> Can you use rootnoverify with grub1 (you must mean grub 0.97)?=0A> =
=0AYes, it is 0.97. =0A=0A> You could also try grub2, which is in the ports=
 under sysutils.=0A> =0A> Is your hard disk partitioned MBR or GPT?=0A> =0A=
=0AIts MBR.=0A=0A> My hard disk is partitioned GPT, I still can't boot the =
hard disk directly, =0A> but using the System Rescue CD (http://sysresccd.o=
rg/), I go to the Super Grub =0A> Disk in the floppy images, hit c to get t=
o command prompt, and=0A> =0A> set root=3D(hd0,3)=0A> kfreebsd /boot/loader=
=0A> boot=0A> =0A> You would use the actual FreeBSD partition which will pr=
obably be different from =0A> (hd0,3).=0A> =0A> Tom=0A> =0A=0ATom,=A0 thank=
s for the reply. I managed to get both OpenSUSE 11.4 and FreeBSD 9 dual-boo=
t on i386 desktop computer.=0A=0AUnga=0A
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