linux with bsd on second hard disk

2001-03-06 Thread Balbir Thomas
Hi I am running debian on /dev/hda and want to install bsd on /dev/hdc . However lilo is unable to boot freebsd on /dev/hdc and and I get the error 0x01 . The freebsd documentation say that I must install its boot manager on the first hard disk . I would like to avoid this . Could you please

Re: linux with bsd on second hard disk

2001-03-06 Thread Forrest English
whats wrong with installing lilo on the MBR of hda? -- Forrest English http://truffula.net When we have nothing left to give There will be no reason for us to live But when we have nothing left to lose You will have nothing left to use -Fugazi On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Balbir Thomas wrote: Hi

Re: linux with bsd on second hard disk

2001-03-06 Thread John Galt
1) What's your LILO setup? 2) what version of LILO? 3) What flavor and version of BSD? 4) How much of a requirement is LILO? 5) did you install the BSD bootloader AT ALL? 6) older FreeBSD is your disk Dangerously Dedicated? On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Balbir Thomas wrote: Hi I am running debian on

Re: linux with bsd on second hard disk

2001-03-06 Thread Balbir Thomas
Lilo is installed on the MBR of hda and currently I boot windows and debian of it. However I would prefer to stick to lilo right now but with the following in lilo.conf other=/dev/hdc1 table=/dev/hdc lable=FreeBSD The freebsd install seems to proceed ok . I install no boot

Re: linux with bsd on second hard disk

2001-03-06 Thread David Z. Maze
Balbir Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: BT I am running debian on /dev/hda and want to install bsd on BT /dev/hdc . However lilo is unable to boot freebsd on /dev/hdc and BT and I get the error 0x01 . The freebsd documentation say that I BT must install its boot manager on the first hard disk . I

Re: linux with bsd on second hard disk

2001-03-06 Thread Balbir Thomas
On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 06:03:03PM -0700, John Galt wrote and bt replied : 1) What's your LILO setup? lilo.conf is attached 2) what version of LILO? 21.5-1beta 3) What flavor and version of BSD? FreeBSD 4.2 4) How much of a requirement is LILO? Not too

Re: linux with bsd on second hard disk

2001-03-06 Thread John Galt
Sorry it's so late on the return: had to check mine at home... Your lilo.conf is almost exactly like mine. I'm assuming that you ran lilo since you made this conf, so that shouldn't be the problem. At this point, I'd consider other OS loaders like chos, booteasy, or grub, since lilo is being a