[OpenIndiana-discuss] Multiboot on PC

[Francis.D]

Simple example easy way multiboot with linux system

http://openbsd-archive.7691.n7.nabble.com/how-to-install-OpenBSD-in-a-computer-with-Linux-and-Grub2-td41148.html


apply same for OI

Le lun. 3 mai 2021 à 13:06, Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss <
openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org> a écrit :

> Partitioning, MBR updates and details like that aside, this is some
> example about BE menu:
>
> root at test:/home/tsoome# bootadm list-menu
> the location for the active menu is: /rpool/boot/menu.lst
> INDEX NAME                            DEVICE
>        TYPE   DEFAULT
> 0     Disk1                           disk0p1:/efi/boot/bootx64.efi
>       chain     -
> 1     Disk2                           disk2:
>        chain     -
> 2     Disk3_ufs                       disk3s1a:
>       bootfs    -
> 3     openindiana-2021:04:29          rpool/ROOT/openindiana-2021:04:29
>       bootfs    *
>
>
> and corresponding menu file:
>
> root at test:/home/tsoome# more /rpool/boot/menu.lst
> title Disk1
> chain disk0p1:/efi/boot/bootx64.efi
> title Disk2
> chain disk2:
> title Disk3_ufs
> bootfs disk3s1a:
> title openindiana-2021:04:29
> bootfs rpool/ROOT/openindiana-2021:04:29
>
>
> Here, Disk1 and Disk2 are examples of chain loading, Disk1 is example of
> UEFI and Disk2 is example of BIOS boot. Disk3_ufs is example of illumos
> boot from ufs or pcfs file system (fstype needs to be set still).
>
> bootadm can also list and manage the menu entries, but the syntax is too
> complicated and [bootadm] needs work.
>
> rgds,
> toomas
>
>
> > On 3. May 2021, at 17:26, Judah Richardson <judahrichardson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > If the PC BIOS, boot disk size, and the other OSes support legacy boot,
> > yes. Otherwise I wouldn't say it's not possible but you're likely to
> > encounter significant difficulty.
> >
> > On Mon, May 3, 2021, 09:18 Yassine Chaouche <
> a.chaouche at algerian-radio.dz>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hello OpenIndiana users,
> >>
> >> Is it possible to install OpenIndiana alongside other
> >> OSes on same PC with a single disk ? I don't know if
> >> disk partitions exist in the Unix world or if is sees
> >> the disks differently (I heard of slices instead of
> >> partitions in some OSes)
> >>
> >> Feedback appreciated.
> >>
> >> -- Yassine.
> >>
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