fev questiond about free BSD

[jan1024188]

i decided to start using free BSD.But first i have a few questions:
1 which filesystem types does free BSD use?
2 can i install it withowt bootloader and than add it on my grub.conf?
3 if so what to write in grub.conf.

thanks in advance

[Juan Pablo]

To add BSD to grub.conf you have two choices depending if you have an old or new grub

old:

rootnoverify (hd0,1)
chainloader +1
boot

new:

title FreeBSD
root (hd0,1,a)
kernel /boot/loader
boot

Notice that the a in root in the new way is very important for BSD systems because it is for the slice used by BSD
I have used this configs for PCBSD but should work with FreeBSD as well

[daark.child]

i decided to start using free BSD.But first i have a few questions:
1 which filesystem types does free BSD use?
2 can i install it withowt bootloader and than add it on my grub.conf?
3 if so what to write in grub.conf.

thanks in advance

1. FreeBSD uses UFS2 as the default filesystem.
2. Yes you can add it to grub. Your entry would be similar to something like
   

   title FreeBSD
           root (hd1,0,a)
           kernel /boot/loader

   In this instance hd1 = /dev/hdb, hdb1,0 =/dev/hdb1 and hd1,0,a means the first slice (freebsd partition) located on /dev/hdb1.

[jan1024188]

thank you both
ill try all options you gave me....i cannot lose nothing

[jan1024188]

one more question
should i make unpartitioned space and than install freeBSD(will it make it own partitions automaticly)

and does it have text installer?

[jan1024188]

well i dont want problems so....can you install free BSD withowt bootloader(i would make bootdisk only)

[onlinebacon]

Yes, FreeBSD gives you an option to not install the bootloader, also, during the installation there is a partitioning program

[jan1024188]

thanks a lot onlinebacon
ill install it when ill get free space

[jan1024188]

it looks like i have an old bootloader
title PC-BSD
rootnoverify (hd0,4)
chainloader +1
boot

[daark.child]

PC-BSD is based on FreeBSD 6.x, so the code below should work as well,

title PC-BSD
        root (hd0,4,a)
        kernel /boot/loader