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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!cancer.vividnet.com!hunter.premier.net!news.mathworks.com!nntp.primenet.com!news1.best.com!idiom.com!idiom.com!not-for-mail From: muir@idiom.com (David Muir Sharnoff) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Adding Linux to Win95+FreeBSD Date: 26 Sep 1996 23:38:14 -0700 Organization: Idiom Consulting - ISP, http://www.idiom.com Lines: 23 Message-ID: <52fsom$2pq@idiom.com> References: <5281vk$keg@newton.pacific.net.sg> <52eh8h$14m@orion.cybercom.net> In article <52eh8h$14m@orion.cybercom.net>, The Classiest Man Alive <ksmm@cybercom.net> wrote: >Ng Pheng Siong (ngps@darkwing.pacific.net.sg) wrote: >: I have Win95 and FreeBSD on my notebook, booting with FreeBSD's bootmgr. >: I've recently installed Linux; it now boots off a floppy coz I've wary of >: having LILO overwrite my boot sector stuff. >: How can I boot Linux off the harddisk with FreeBSD's bootmgr? > >Either boot manager (Linux or FreeBSD) should be able to handle the >booting of all three OSes. Just decide which you want to use and go >through the setup program to install it; tell the other installer to >leave the boot record alone. They will respectfully oblige. If I remember correctly, the trick I used was to tell LILO to install itself at the beginning of the partition that I set aside for Linux. FreeBSD's BootMGR can load LILO and LILO can load FreeBSD and you can sit there switching back and forth until you get very board. -Dave