[CS-FSLUG] BSD for linux users

[Jukka Y]

On Wednesday 07 July 2004 16:45, Ed Hurst wrote:
> Jukka Y wrote:
> > Now that I am back at home, I started again my adventures in BSD-land. I
> > prepared a installation media (cdrom) for FreeBSD, tried it once, but
> > after realizing the process has differences compared to linux, I decided
> > to learn more before actually diving into it (I try to preserve my
> > win98/linux installation, backups etc. which are alredy in a same
> > machine).
>
> That's what led me to write my tutorials. It's really different, and
> assumes a very high level of technical expertise. Once inside, it's not
> so bad. Getting inside is the tough part.
>
> > http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/rants/bsd4linux/bsd4linux1.php
>
> Read that some time ago; yes, it's a good one.
>
> > -Does FreeBSD installation recognize other installations in my harddrives
> > and does it offer a dual- (or triple-) boot options for them?
>
> I believe it does, in that it allows you to exempt existing partitions
> from consideration. OTOH, they do not have a default boot manager that
> works like LILO or Grub as Linux does. I strongly advise you select the
> floppy boot option, by putting the Unix booter on a floppy.

Thanks Ed! That sounds like right option for me now. Later I may try to learn 
how to use some boot manager with FreeBSD (or how to add it into a 
bootmanager which I am using now).

Blessings,
Jukka