Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 23:00:25 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: mlandman@face2interface.com (Marty Landman) Cc: Marty Landman <martster@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to dual boot Message-ID: <200512180400.jBI40PBk009115@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.0.20051216214326.03bf2c18@face2interface.com>
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> > At 07:39 PM 12/16/2005, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > >You need to read the documentation better. > > Or at all. :) Was hoping it would just magically guide me through it. Not > a critical box of mine of course. > > >It tells you that you should install Microsloth first and then FreeBSD. > > Did that, lost MS so reinstalled it. > > >But, FreeBSD is more sophisticated and also more friendly to the rest > >of the world and, first of all, asks if you want an MBR installed in > >the sector 0 and then if you go ahead and write FreeBSD's MBR, it will > >give you a choice of bootable slices to boot, including MS if present. > > Ok, I'll read the docs and reinstall FBSD. That's no problem, I hope. > > Here is the problem. This is my kids' computer and they insist on > installing XP. So we keep doing 30 day trials. On the bright side they've > all learned to install the OS. Sounds like I'll have problems though > keeping a FreeBSD install on there if Windows has to be reinstalled every > 30 days. Oh well, such is life in the fast lane. Have fun. ////jerry > Yuck. > > Marty >
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