From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 28 23:39:53 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95CD616A477 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:39:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alex.rudyk@gmail.com) Received: from ag-out-0708.google.com (ag-out-0708.google.com [72.14.246.240]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EA0C13C45A for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:39:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alex.rudyk@gmail.com) Received: by ag-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id 31so1410372aga.3 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:39:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=3LwVM1BmDLnQvBLqjwqhNSA9ZyO7F/GpHRkOsEcCJLk=; b=DJG0g/5/K108/jMP/+xqW3/jXYhn9D/3dnBrcKWO0ZcKHlLCs4XvhS2ATHozH319wJ6LefurZBx2wR04hS3eR6Q7ApmICb6sOkAmaqBBFDdhrfFt81uy3c+5LPbclcrFXl3rMJfWCKHm6wKZLnyj6Bqm+LIMhUcA54C/TVMovy4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=AO0jzP4CsHEWnoAJUgMwaMcQWAk60z2HWcWE/M+a9F1IrK2v/bzprEQ/7Py2na/uwLxbiJZo4wGVdOwbZAvM1/YEl4QgtzvhaRnzKBn9e9HyAk9or8745Y5wdh60Vu4VT5osVCJFHrIQ/8G9evbic/M2jjCyrd2SFA0dAef7rWc= Received: by 10.150.91.20 with SMTP id o20mr2391555ybb.24.1201563592294; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:39:52 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.150.212.2 with HTTP; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:39:52 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <6e9d2bb40801281539l2e983011pff27c17073e6a8e5@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:39:52 -0800 From: "Oleksandr Rudyk" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <479E5903.100@student.utwente.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <3b2ddd940801281410o77b87c2ajbfbee2f5f276b934@mail.gmail.com> <479E5903.100@student.utwente.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Vista / FreeBSD dual boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:39:53 -0000 I have installed FBSD 7.0 RC1 several weeks ago on my Dell XPS laptop with Vista. During BSD install I select don't touch MBR, but anyway FBSD MBR overwrite Vista MBR and I lost my Vista. Then I booted with Vista rescue CD and restore Vista MBR sector. So I got Vista again but no FBSD. The last step was to install EasyBSD and add record for my FBSD partition. After reboot I got Vista Loader menu with Windows and FreeBSD loader options. Hope this helps 2008/1/28, Alphons Fonz van Werven : > > Siraj Shaikh wrote: > > > How do I go about installing FreeBSD (6.3) on it now? Anyone has done > > this already please? > > I had the exact same problem just a few days ago and two solutions were > quickly posted here: > > 1: http://www.clearchain.com/wiki/FreeBSD_%26_Windows_Vista > > 2: When installing FreeBSD and you are asked what boot manager to install > select to not install anything. In this way your Vista boot will not > be > affected. If after this you find that at startup you are not given ANY > choice but FreeBSD starts automatically, this is simply because it's > partition is marked active. Boot with a CD like Norton Partition Magic > or GParted and mark the Vista partition active. Boot Vista, then > download and install the EasyBCD from http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1 > It is then trivial to add a stanza to Vista bootloader (!) to boot > FreeBSD. > > Hth, > > Alphons > > -- > VISTA - Viruses Intruders Spyware Trojans Adware > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >