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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news1.oakland.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!mr.net!usenet From: srose@mr.net (Steve Rose) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.05R & OS/2 BootMgr Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1995 00:28:55 GMT Organization: Minnesota Regional Network Lines: 32 Message-ID: <3v6mh2$4ro@cedar.mr.net> References: <14e5mmg0stdT073yn@sscp.lkg.dec.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: msp6-8.nas.mr.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 cambria@sscp.lkg.dec.com (Michael C. Cambria) wrote: >Hi, >Does anyone use FreeBSD 2.05R (or any version) with OS/2 Warp's >BootManager? Are there any install tips available? I've been using >BootManager with Linux for some time, so I know how to "fool" >BootManager into thinking there is an OS2/dos partition already. >With BM setup already, what do I need to do (if anything) to get >FreeBSD working with it? For example, with Linux, I had to make >sure that LILO was not installed on the MBR, but on the Linux root >partition. >I've grep'ed the FreeBSD 2.05R CD files re: installation, relnotes etc. >but haven't matched on boot manager, so I thought I'd ask here. You could just replace Linux with FreeBSD, keeping the same partition setups. After installing FreeBSD, make sure you tell it to leave the MBR alone. After rebooting, FreeBSD will be the "active" partition. You can change this by booting from a DOS floppy and use fdisk to mark the boot manager as active or use the OS/2 install disks.. If you want to change the name in the boot manager menu, use the OS/2 install disks. <caveat> I'm not running Linux, so I'm not familiar with LILO. //===============================================// Steve Rose Mounds View, MN srose@mr.net