Subject: Dual-booting NetBSD/i386 and Linux/i386 on single disk
To: NetBSD Help <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: B. James Phillippe <bryanxms@ecst.csuchico.edu>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 11/26/2001 15:36:46
Hello,

I have had some trouble finding information on how best to install both
Linux-2.4 and NetBSD-1.5.2 on the same IDE drive for dual-boot (this is
x86).  I have only installed NetBSD on Alpha hardware in the past, and
RedHat Linux (which I will be installing) has switched from LILO to GRUB,
which I am just learning.

Some basic questions are:

1.) which should I install first?
2.) which loader should I use to do menu selection?
3.) can the loader boot either OS natively, or do I need a chainloader or
other magic?
4.) any gotchas I should watch out for?

If anyone can point me to a good FAQ or HOWTO (or provide information here
on the list) I would be grateful.

thanks,
-bp
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