[SOLVED] Dualboot Linux and BSD

[liquidfunk]

If I were to do so, can I install BSD after Linux, or would it be better the other way round?

[Sorivenul]

As one who has done it, I suggest BSD and then Linux. This mainly has to do with GRUB vs say the FreeBSD bootmenu. If you Linux install doesn't recognize your BSD install, a simple entry like this will work in your GRUB menu:


title FreeBSD
root (hd0,0,a)
kernel /boot/loader

This, of course, assumes FreeBSD, which I would suggest for BSD beginners, as I believe it is easier to set-up and configure than the other two major players.

Good luck!

EDIT:
Of course you can install BSD after Linux, but I would suggest not installing the bootmenu and just editing the Linux GRUB menu as above.

[liquidfunk]

Thanks for your help, do Nvidia cards work ok in BSD, same as Compiz?

[cardinals_fan]

Thanks for your help, do Nvidia cards work ok in BSD, same as Compiz?
On FreeBSD (and its spawn, DesktopBSD and PC-BSD). NVIDIA hasn't released drivers for Net, Open, or DragonFlyBSD.

[Sorivenul]

I don't know about nVidia drivers for FreeBSD, as I run Intel chipsets on pretty much all my machines. As for Compiz, it runs fine:


cd /usr/ports/x11-wm/compiz-fusion/
make install clean

And wait. :)

Or:

pkg_add -r compiz-fusion

[liquidfunk]

Thanks a lot for your help guys!