Just install reFind on your Linux OS and forget about grub. Works very well !Ah ok i'll try, right now im having troubles with GRUB detecting FreeBSD on EndeavourOS.
Before removing FreeBSD from your HP-Notebook, try editing /etc/default/grub as mentioned in post 82Ah ok i'll try, right now im having troubles with GRUB detecting FreeBSD on EndeavourOS.
In my case the host os i windows 10 Professional as I have 32gb of ram and Windows 10Home restricts you to a poultry 16GB of ram maximum. As for the Virtualization aspect of the equation I use Vm Ware Workstation, although prior to purchasing Vmware Workstation I was using Oracle Virtual box.Did you consider virtualization instead of multi-booting? Then you could use FreeBSD's native bootloader instead of grub, which is a lot easier.
It of course depends on your usecase. But if you have one "main" OS (which you use most of the time), and one other you need for experimenting or for compatibility with some specific application etc ... it can often make sense to just install the "main" OS on the bare metal and the other one in a virtual machine...
I it at all possable to upgrade yoyr ram to say 8gb org 16gb?My pc only has 4GB of ram, so virtualization isn't a good idea
Sorry, for the very late respond, but thank you for that, i'm gonna try it tommorow while fiddling with nvidia drivers (as im using an new computer right now, while i've learned how to use FreeBSD correctly some month after this post.)I set up my first FreeBSD desktop this past January and hadn't found desktop-installer in all my googling; thanks for asking about it here.
For what it's worth, the FreeBSD Foundation has a tutorial called Installing a Desktop Environment on FreeBSD that takes you through the installation and configuration of XFCE. It was straightforward for me, and since you report having experience with Linux, it might work for you, too. I just worked through it after doing a fresh install of 13.0.
I've read that if you have timeout set to zero, you can still get to the grub menu by holding down the [SHIFT] key after turning the computer on, or while rebooting it. I've never tested this. I normally set the timeout to 5 seconds.Before removing FreeBSD from your HP-Notebook, try editing /etc/default/grub as mentioned in post 82
This was my fault - I didn't pay attention that GRUB_TIMEOUT=0 (which is causing Linux to boot immediately without any choice).
Might be, even though i remember making GRUB finally detecting the FreeBSD boot manager.I've read that if you have timeout set to zero, you can still get to the grub menu by holding down the [SHIFT] key after turning the computer on, or while rebooting it. I've never tested this. I normally set the timeout to 5 seconds.
I've spent a lot of time messing around with grub when I didn't yet know about rEFInd, time which might have better been spent on other things. I think rEFInd is probably a better option for a beginner.
Now, stupid old me, who didn't saw this message, but its worth the try, and also should i dualboot FreeBSD on my SSD or my external hard drive, the issue with the HDD is that there already a lot of stuff i don't wanna lose.Just install reFind on your Linux OS and forget about grub. Works very well !
reFind should be in your distribution repo.
No. It is not good for newbie. But it is just my opinion...Hello, as a newbie who wants to jump in the FreeBSD world, i wanted to know if desktop-installer is good for quickly install a DE and quickly configure the system.
Thanks !
The stock FreeBSD installer is dead simple to use. I suggest that you use the FreeBSD Handbook to guide your first installation of FreeBSD; the documentation is second to none. You'll need to install a text editor, perhaps nano or vim. Good is a relative, meaningless term. If you want to learn a little bit about FreeBSD use the stock installation program and the FreeBSD Handbook.Hello, as a newbie who wants to jump in the FreeBSD world, i wanted to know if desktop-installer is good for quickly install a DE and quickly configure the system.
Thanks !
Just for clarification, desktop-installer doesn't replace it. It's just some automation script to install the packages required for different desktop environments and do some basic configuration.The stock FreeBSD installer is dead simple to use.
Uhm? But, not needing any "special" keys (except for escape) is one of vi's design principles? From normal mode, hitThe only issue I ran into was vi. I have a 60% keyboard on the system I am using and have no idea where my insert key is.
i
to get to insert mode, or :
to get to command mode. From insert mode, hit Esc
to get back to normal mode ... (Even cursor movement doesn't need cursor keys, can be done with h
, j
, k
and l
)Unbelievably simple. I have been using nano for so long that I forgot how to use vi. The last time I used it was setting up an old gaming lan for Loki Linux games. The systems were based on the old 2.2.17 kernel from October 2000. That's been a couple of years. Thanks!Just for clarification, desktop-installer doesn't replace it. It's just some automation script to install the packages required for different desktop environments and do some basic configuration.
Nevertheless I agree, just use the handbook. Benefit, you will learn a bit about how the system works.
Uhm? But, not needing any "special" keys (except for escape) is one of vi's design principles? From normal mode, hiti
to get to insert mode, or:
to get to command mode. From insert mode, hitEsc
to get back to normal mode ... (Even cursor movement doesn't need cursor keys, can be done withh
,j
,k
andl
)