On 2006-06-10 22:44, Jerry McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ---- much excised --- > > > Anyway, this all works just fine. The MBR and initial boot > > > record in the boot sector of each slice (or primary > > > partition if you must degrade to MS terminology) have just > > > enough standardization that the FreeBSD MBR or most any of > > > the other more fancy ones, can initiate the boot for any of > > > the OS-en commonly available to run on these machines. > > > Since the OS specific stuff really comes after it gets in > > > to the slice boot record code in the boot sector, then > > > generally any of them can boot any of them. The exception > > > is MS MBRs. I have heard that some more recent ones play > > > better, but any I have had so far will not boot any slice > > > except one for a MS OS. I don't know what they screw up, > > > but find it not surprising. > > > > > > So, there is the tome. > > > All newbies, careful what you ask. Someone may answer > > > thusly with more than you every wanted to know. > > > > Maybe this ought to be included in the handbook. I've seen > > this question or one like it 100's of times on these lists. > > That was the best answer I've seen. > > Just my $.02 > > Thanks for the positive comment. > It glosses over stuff a little and isn't precisely correct in > all detail, but I think it generally is correct and represents > the way things work for all practical matters. > > Maybe it can be a FAQ. How do they get there?
Hi Jerry, Can you check if we can massage it a bit and then make it a part of: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/arch-handbook/boot.html I can do the integration with the current book text, SGMLify your text, and commit the resulting changes with a little help from you :) - Giorgos _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
