Multi-boot Linux + FreeBSD
Ralf Mardorf
ralf.mardorf at rocketmail.com
Sat Nov 24 16:06:49 UTC 2012
Hi,
as a long time Linux user I'll test FreeBSD, because I've got issues
with my sound card on Linux. I'm already subscribed to FreeBSD
multimedia.
Perhaps later today I'll install 9.0 amd64. If possible I'll keep my
Linux GRUB legacy. Can I use my menu.lst [1] and add a chainloader or
something similar to boot FreeBSD from /dev/sda1?
FWIW I made backups of my HDD's MBRs.
I wonder if the installer will overwrite the MBR?
I also would like to know, if there's a way to recover the partition
table, including a primary FreeBSD partition/slice, if this ever should
get broken and there should be no backup of the partition table be
available.
TIA,
Ralf
[1]
$ cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
timeout 8
default 0
color light-blue/black light-cyan/blue
title Ubuntu Quantal, kernel 3.6.5-rt14
root (hd1,8)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.6.5-rt14 root=/dev/sdb9 ro quiet
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.6.5-rt14
title Ubuntu Quantal, kernel 3.5.0-18-lowlatency threadirqs
root (hd1,8)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-18-lowlatency root=/dev/sdb9 ro quiet threadirqs
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-18-lowlatency
title Ubuntu Quantal, kernel 3.5.0-18-lowlatency (recovery mode)
root (hd1,8)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-18-lowlatency root=/dev/sdb9 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-18-lowlatency
title Ubuntu Studio Quantal, Kernel 3.6.5-rt14
root=(hd1,12)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.6.5-rt14 root=/dev/sdb13 ro quiet
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.6.5-rt14
title Ubuntu Studio Quantal, Kernel 3.5.0-18-lowlatency threadirqs
root=(hd1,12)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-18-lowlatency root=/dev/sdb13 ro quiet threadirqs
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-18-lowlatency
title Ubuntu Studio Precise, Kernel 3.0.30 threadirqs
root=(hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.30 root=UUID=338316fb-364e-4a43-8deb-738127f878ce ro quiet threadirqs
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.0.30
title Ubuntu Studio Precise, Kernel 3.2.0-23-lowlatency threadirqs
root=(hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-lowlatency root=UUID=338316fb-364e-4a43-8deb-738127f878ce ro quiet threadirqs
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-23-lowlatency
title AVlinux 5.0.3, Kernel 3.0.23-rt40
root=(hd1,10)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.23-rt40 root=/dev/sdb11 ro quiet
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.0.23-rt40
title AVlinux 5.0.3, Kernel 3.0.23-avl-7-pae threadirqs
root=(hd1,10)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.23-avl-7-pae root=/dev/sdb11 ro threadirqs quiet
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.0.23-avl-7-pae
title Edubuntu 10.10, Kernel 2.6.33.9-rt31
root=(hd1,7)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33.9-rt31 root=UUID=ded93dfb-37ae-48cf-a3a3-b613aa5704fd ro
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.33.9-rt31
title Ubuntu Studio Oz, Kernel 3.0.0-17-generic
root=(hd1,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-17-generic root=UUID=0241b2ac-a0ab-44de-8d73-0ed084e152e6
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-17-generic
title Ubuntu Studio Oz, Kernel 3.0.0-20-generic
root=(hd1,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-20-generic root=UUID=0241b2ac-a0ab-44de-8d73-0ed084e152e6
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-20-generic
title Arch Linux Rt
root (hd0,8)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-linux-rt root=/dev/sda9 ro
initrd /boot/initramfs-linux-rt.img
title Arch Linux
root (hd0,8)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/sda9 ro
initrd /boot/initramfs-linux.img
title Arch Linux Fallback
root (hd0,8)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/sda9 ro
initrd /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
title openSUSE 11.2, Kernel 2.6.31.6-rt19
root (hd0,6)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.6-rt19 root=/dev/sda7
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.31.6-rt19
title Ubuntu Quantal memtest86+
root (hd1,8)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
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