Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 10:19:50 -0700 From: Joshua Oreman <oremanj@webserver.get-linux.org> To: Adam <blueeskimo@gmx.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems setting up dual-boot Message-ID: <20030426171950.GB16464@webserver.get-linux.org> In-Reply-To: <1051371183.76975.1126.camel@jake> References: <005d01c30b65$4c4cf460$1501a8c0@hyun> <1051369604.76975.1092.camel@jake> <20030426151823.GB19669@lothlorien.nagual.st> <1051371183.76975.1126.camel@jake>
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On Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 11:33:03AM -0400 or thereabouts, Adam seemed to write: > On Sat, 2003-04-26 at 11:18, dick hoogendijk wrote: > > I have Win-XP on the first and FreeBSD on the second harddisk. > > What I did was "boot0cfg -b boot0 hd0" PLUS the same for hd1. > > Just tried this: > > # boot0cfg -b boot0 ad0 > boot0cfg: /dev/ad0: unknown or incompatible boot code > > I think I know why it's confused. My fstab makes no mention of any other > drives besides my ad3, which is dedicated to FreeBSD. Do I have to > somehow mount hd0 before I can modify its MBR with boot0cfg? No, that's not it. To *install* boot0 (if it's not installed already) you have to have the -B option. For example: # boot0cfg -B ad0 (You don't need -b boot0) To adjust the settings, you use it with flags and *no* -B option (see man boot0cfg). HTH, -- Josh > > -- > Adam <blueeskimo@gmx.net>
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