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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!sdd.hp.com!nigel.msen.com!caen!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Possible convert -- needs "newbie" info Date: 5 Oct 1993 02:37:12 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman MT Lines: 31 Message-ID: <28qmko$bh4@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <1993Oct4.174402.3268@mksol.dseg.ti.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <1993Oct4.174402.3268@mksol.dseg.ti.com>, Bob Myers <bmyers@asd470.dseg.ti.com> wrote: > >I'm currently running a Linux system at home, but would like to try out >the FreeBSD software distribution. So, if someone would take the time to >send me some replies to the following questions, I'd appreciate it. > >1) Is it possible to have FreeBSD and Linux boot off the same system? Linux >has LILO, along with a software package to boot off a particular disk partition. Yes, the new install disks make it much easier to install a custom FreeBSD system into it's own partition. >2) Can I install FreeBSD onto a 320 mb scsi drive, and then start the >system up off of a floppy? The floppy would then have the ability to >pull in the scsi-based FreeBSD system. Why bother? All you need to do is stick the kernel on the FreeBSD root file-system and change the active partition. If you don't like messing around with the active partition, there are many boot managers that let you select a partition to boot from every time you reboot. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | Freely available *nix clones benefit everyone, nate@cs.montana.edu | so let's not compete with each other, let's work #: (406) 994-4836 | compete with folks who try to tie us down to home #: (406) 586-0579 | proprietary O.S.'s (Microsloth) - Me