From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 7 13:40:30 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F57F37B401 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 13:40:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ztxmail03.ztx.compaq.com (ztxmail03.ztx.compaq.com [161.114.1.207]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E8DF43FAF for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 13:40:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from john.cagle@hp.com) Received: from cceexg13.americas.cpqcorp.net (cceexg13.americas.cpqcorp.net [16.110.250.119]) by ztxmail03.ztx.compaq.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBF4ACE46; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 15:40:28 -0500 (CDT) Received: from cceexc19.americas.cpqcorp.net ([16.110.250.85]) by cceexg13.americas.cpqcorp.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6673); Thu, 7 Aug 2003 15:40:28 -0500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6375.0 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 15:40:27 -0500 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Best Known Methods for dual booting WinXP + -current Thread-Index: AcNdH/6nl8jTmqnhQSeD5GjfqHy7JgAAFx7A From: "Cagle, John (ISS-Houston)" To: "John Reynolds" , X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Aug 2003 20:40:28.0531 (UTC) FILETIME=[23154C30:01C35D24] Subject: RE: Best Known Methods for dual booting WinXP + -current X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 20:40:30 -0000 I use Grub to multi-boot XPpro, Linux & FreeBSD. Had to use FFS filesystem since Grub doesn't support UFS. > -----Original Message----- > From: John Reynolds [mailto:johnjen@reynoldsnet.org]=20 > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 3:10 PM > To: current@freebsd.org > Subject: Best Known Methods for dual booting WinXP + -current >=20 >=20 > hello all, >=20 > Having had a positive experience thus far with 5.1-RELEASE=20 > and -current beyond > that on one of the new boxes I recently built, it is now time=20 > to build up the > dual-boot system (BSD for me, WinXP for the wife ;). I've=20 > read different > reports (some from laptop users) about using the WinXP loader=20 > to boot FreeBSD > and I've also read reports that people used the standard=20 > boot-easy to boot both > (while even others using GRUB). >=20 > Are there currently any issues with dual-booting 5.1-RELEASE=20 > and/or -current > along with Windows XP (probably SP1)? This would be on the=20 > same physical > disk. What do you other -current users who are faced with=20 > dual booting XP do > for the most part? >=20 > Thanks, >=20 > -Jr >=20 > --=20 > John & Jennifer Reynolds johnjen at reynoldsnet.org =20 www.reynoldsnet.org Sr. Physical Design Engineer - WCCG/CCE PDE jreynold at sedona.ch.intel.com Running FreeBSD since 2.1.5-RELEASE. FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! "Unix is user friendly, it's just particular about the friends it chooses." _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"