On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, Bob Perry wrote: > I intend to re-install multiple operating systems onto a box > which already has Win XP Pro and SuSE 9.2. After some thought, > I've decided to add FreeBSD 5.3 and, in addition, change the > Win XP Pro filesytem from NTFS to FAT32 to facilitate file- > sharing. If I understand what I've been reading, I should be > able to modify both the Linux and FreeBSD kernels to read and/or > write ext2fs and UFS1 data as well. > > I'm prepared to clear the harddrive and start from scratch and I > question whether or not there is a prescribed order for > installation. I understand that Windows has a habit of > overwriting data in the MBR and installing its' own loader so > the recommendation is to load it first. Whether, Linux or FreeBSD > is next I'm not sure and would welcome your input. > > I realize that there are third-party bootloaders available, but > I have a feeling that I can learn more about these systems if I > work with what they offer. > > I have a 120GB Western Digital HD, an ASUS P4P800-VM motherboard, > and a Pentium 2.8GHz CPU. > > This is not currently my primary box, but who knows what may happen > in the near future. > > Thanks in advance. This is a huge undertaking for me at this time. > > Bob Perry
I'd prefer the order XP, FreeBSD, Linux. This is because both XP and FreeBSD can easily get a primary partition this way, and because - to my mind - lilo is a good boot manager to start all three os. Thus, install Linux at last, and install lilo into the MBR. I don't know grub but I guess, lilo can still be used with SuSE. Regards Konrad Heuer GWDG, Am Fassberg, 37077 Goettingen, Germany, [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
