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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!enews.sgi.com!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!usenet From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Basic installation question Date: 2 Oct 1996 23:27:58 GMT Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 38 Message-ID: <52utpu$c0@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <52nkak$6d3@listserv.rice.edu> Reply-To: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: anorak.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.8 In article <52nkak$6d3@listserv.rice.edu>, cobbe@asia.cs.rice.edu (Richard Cobbe) writes: > Greetings, all. > > I have a fairly basic installation question: > > I have been told that the default kernel installed as part of the FreeBSD > install must be on the first IDE device in order for the system to boot. > Is this in fact correct? Does it necessarily need to be on the first > partition of said device? No and no. [.....] > I plan to install FreeBSD on what is now /dev/hdb3 (that particular Linux > partition has nothing useful in it). [.....] > So, will this work? Will I have to physically swap drives, install BSD, > recompile the kernel to look for itself on the second drive, and then swap > the drives back? That ranks as a large pain, but if it has to be done, it > has to be done. [.....] Yep. and No. In fact, lilo should be able to boot FreeBSD from the second drive. If it can't, FreeBSDs boot manager can, as can OS-BS (my favourite). > Oh, you're probably wondering...why a 3rd OS? Well, several of the people > I work with in the CS dep't here at Rice tend to be fairly condescending > about Linux, so I thought I'd try both Linux & FreeBSD & see which one I > like better. Good for you. I must do this at some point too - see what people are arguing about.... Although FreeBSD (IMHO) is better because of its history ! *grin* *grin* *stir* *stir* -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....