Gary Kline wrote: > > My Debian-1.3 came about a week ago. It didn't take that long > to figure out the installation procedure; it is similiar to > FreeBSD that I've used for around 3 years. > > However, after installing Debian on my first and third SCSI > drives and *not* using LILO as the boot manager, I found that > I __always__ boot into Debian, into a RAM file system.
The solution that I'd suggest would be to use lilo, but since you specifically specify that you're not using lilo, I assume that you have a good reason why you don't want to. > > I have FreeBSD on my 2nd SCSI drive but cannot get to it. > > After re-installing both OS's from scratch several times I've > come to the conclusion that something is causing the master boot > track to always throw me into the re-install RAM-fs of Linux. > > I'd be much obliged for some work-arounds here. Am I using > the wrong rescue disk or what? Are you using a FreeBSD "rescue" disk when you try to access freeBSD? Or are you trying to boot FreeBSD using the Debian rescue? I don't know much about FreeBSD, but I'd be surprised if that approach were feasible. > > (*mumble*) > > thanks, > > gary kline > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- ----------------------------------------- Ralph Winslow [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mary bought a pair of skates upon the ice to frisk now wasn't that a crazy way her sweet young *? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .