Re: Dual boot problems



On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:44:03 -0500 (EST)
"Questions" <questions@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


However, when I try FreeBSD/amd64, grub won't compile (it's
architecture is forced to i386 only in the Makefile. I haven't dug
into why, but I'm confident there is a reason. Obviously, grub
becomes a non-option. Gag has the same limitation of being i386 only.


I'm not sure why gag is i386 only, all it does is install a binary
floppy disk ISO. You can also install it from many Linux live CDs. Once
it's installed it's independent of the original installation medium.
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