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bulma 05-10-2004 08:32 PM
dual boot(both linux)
 
hi
I wanted to know if it is possible to install
FreeBSD and a linux distro like debian or fedora?
and if it is possible, explain a little.
thnx

Muzzy 05-11-2004 03:22 PM
FreeBSD isn't Linux.

It is not difficult to set up two Linux distributions in dual boot, you just need to install them in separate partitions then modify your grub or lilo to have two entries, one for each install. I noticed that I have the following in my grub.conf.sample file:

# For booting FreeBSD or GNU/KFreeBSD
title FreeBSD / GNU/KFreeBSD
root (hd0,2,a)
kernel /boot/loader

This shows that grub will work with FreeBSD, obviously you will have to change the value of root to point to the right place. I'm sure you could get it to work with Lilo too, if you prefer to use Lilo. I have never tried FreeBSD - so I can't help you with the FreeBSD install, probably you should post in the BSD forums for BSD specific help.

Mark.


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