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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.dacom.co.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!overload.lbl.gov!agate!violet.berkeley.edu!jkh From: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Can Linux and FreeBSD coexist (peacefully) Date: 30 Jul 1995 11:43:00 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 20 Message-ID: <3vfr84$aj6@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <alegre.807056451@mars.superlink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: violet.berkeley.edu In article <alegre.807056451@mars.superlink.net>, Fernando <alegre@mars.superlink.net> wrote: >I'm a happy Linux user right now. However I have curiosity about how >FreeBSD compares to Linux. What I would like is an advice on how to >install FreeBSD in an existing Linux ext2 partition without having to FreeBSD can't use ext2fs filesystems, if that's what you're asking. If you're asking if it can *overlay* an empty partition that Linux isn't using, then that's fine - should work no problems. >Is that possible or is FreeBSD designed to coexist only with MSDOS? FreeBSD is designed to coexist with any OS that's not unhappy to have a type 0xa5 partition sharing its disk or isn't pedantic about having a different type of boot manager running. I believe Linux fits the bill, and you can even boot FreeBSD with LILO I've heard but I couldn't tell you exactly how. Never tried it. Jordan