Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:15:01 -0500 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: Siraj Shaikh <siraj.shaikh@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Vista / FreeBSD dual boot Message-ID: <479E53E5.50401@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3b2ddd940801281410o77b87c2ajbfbee2f5f276b934@mail.gmail.com> References: <3b2ddd940801281410o77b87c2ajbfbee2f5f276b934@mail.gmail.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Siraj Shaikh wrote: > I have got a machine which came with Vista pre-installed. Now I > would like to install FreeBSD on it, and so that I can dual boot > between the two. > > The machine did come with a rescue CD which has an image of Vista > on it. I tried installing FreeBSD (Vista was already installed), > but then got a problem with the boot loader I think. I could boot > to FreeBSD fine, but couldnt to Vista. So I have reimaged the > machine with Vista now. > > How do I go about installing FreeBSD (6.3) on it now? Anyone has > done this already please? Here is the procedure I used: 1. With fdisk write down the exact parameters of your FreeBSD and vista parition s(start/end/size) 2. Nuke all your partitions (vista insists on it) 3. Install vista (set the size equal to your vista partion [note it *MUST* be the first partition on the first boot device]) 4. Download and install ezbcd on vista 5. Use the rescue CD to create the freebsd partition again 6. Reboot in vista and use ezbcd to create the correct boot records. - -- Aryeh M. Friedman FloSoft Systems, Java Tool Developers Developer, not business, friendly http://www.flosoft-systems.com "Free software != Free beer" Blog: http://www.flosoft-systems.com/flosoft_systems_community/blogs/aryeh/index.php -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHnlPlQi2hk2LEXBARArPfAJ4/Vo4KoGEc5hA4J4y9kwyI9XPXFwCfRUew mwURyDfHyCQNh1jfyXPROJU= =vGRH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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