Boot loaders for Linux that can also boot FreeBSD

[Ralf Mardorf]

Hi :)

my apologies for cross-posting this to several Linux mailing lists.

I need a boot loader for Linux, that is comfortable to use for my needs,
a Linux multi-boot with
trillions of Linux installs,
trillions ^ 2 kernels and
(trillions ^ 2) * 1024 entries with different boot options, so something
as GRUB 2 is unusable for my needs.

Until now I was comfortable with GRUB legacy, but now I add a FreeBSD
install to my machine and against the claims at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_boot_loaders

GRUB legacy does not boot FreeBSD (until now). I was thinking of
SYSLINUX, perhaps the most popular bootloader by Linux experts, but the
Wiki says it doesn't support booting BSD.

Since access to the freebsd-ufs partition by Linux is a PITA and Linux
is most important for me, I wont use a FreeBSD bootloader. I need easy
access to the bootloader's configuration file.

I still continue searching with Google.

Any hints are welcome!

On a FreeBSD mailing list somebody wrote:
> You might want to try a chainloader boot from grub.  The following is a
> chainloader rule that I have used, as well as a normal loader boot.  I
> use the loader boot, but I also tested the chainloader boot.  You will
> need a ufs2_stage1_5 file in your grub directory for a loader boot, and
> linux grub might not have it available.
> 
> title   FreeBSD, sda3 (oak) chainloader
> root(hd1,2)
> chainloader +1
> boot
> 
> title   FreeBSD, sda3 (oak) /boot/loader
> root(hd1,2,a)
> kernel  /boot/loader
> boot

Yes, ufs2_stage1_5 is missing, so when I tested

#title FreeBSD
#root   (hd0,a)
#kernel /boot/loader

title FreeBSD
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
chainloader +1
boot

there was no error, but nothing happened, without the chainloader an
error 17, cannot mount selected partition appeared.

I wonder that so many *NIX users nag about Windows, but support to
access Windows files and to multi-boot with Windows is that easy. I
don't have Windows on my machine. I hope somebody is experienced with
multi-boot machines using different *NIX operating systems and will help
me.

Regards,
Ralf


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Re: cannot run Adobe Reader

[Mike Holstein]

On Nov 29, 2012 7:02 AM, "David King, linux user" 
wrote:
>
> In regards to the print dialog offering booklet printing, I do not see
that. I know that some printers come with this feature, so if the printer
can do it then maybe the printer driver installed in Linux knows and offers
that option.
>
> As my printer does not have that feature, I need to do it in software.
I hit print and went to page setup...
>
> My original question, though, was about why Adobe Reader had an error
with libxml2 and how can I fix the libxml2.
>
> David K
>
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Re: cannot run Adobe Reader

[David King, linux user]

In regards to the print dialog offering booklet printing, I do not see that. I 
know that some printers come with this feature, so if the printer can do it 
then maybe the printer driver installed in Linux knows and offers that option.

As my printer does not have that feature, I need to do it in software.

My original question, though, was about why Adobe Reader had an error with 
libxml2 and how can I fix the libxml2.


David K

Sent from my android device.

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