To set-up a dual boot with Slackware and FreeBSD:
1. Install Slackware first and leave a partition of un-allocated space for FreeBSD.
2. Install FreeBSD onto the free partition. Do not install the FreeBSD boot loader as lilo will boot-up FreeBSD.
3. Boot into Slackware and edit /etc/lilo.conf.
Here is my lilo.conf, adjust as needed.
# Linux bootable partition config begins image = /boot/vmlinuz root = /dev/hda2 label = Linux read-only # Linux bootable partition config ends # FreeBSD other = /dev/hda3 table = /dev/hda label = FreeBSD
4. Run /sbin/lilo to update lilo.conf.
5. Now when you boot-up your computer you will have the option to select Slackware or FreeBSD as your OS.

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