From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 18 15:17:11 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 C015E16A41B for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:17:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from toreld@netscape.net) Received: from mail49.e.nsc.no (mail49.e.nsc.no [193.213.115.49]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11C7213C442 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:17:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from toreld@netscape.net) Received: from [62.16.186.121] (062016186121.customer.alfanett.no [62.16.186.121]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail49.nsc.no (8.13.8/8.13.5) with ESMTP id m0IEwvCf008825; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:58:58 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <4790BE6F.9030704@netscape.net> Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:57:51 +0100 From: Tore Lund User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071208) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Frank Staals , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <94136a2c0801180110v2e43ea2esc96393c4c3ca56f@mail.gmail.com> <479077FC.6040001@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <479077FC.6040001@gmx.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: FBSD or PCBSD? 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: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:17:11 -0000 Frank Staals wrote: > Just make sure you have free space and go. You probably want to use the > FreeBSD Bootmanager but I'm not 100% sure about that ( Only running a > dualboot system with FreeBSD and WinXP for which the FreeBSD bootmanager > is required ) FreeBSD boot manager shouldn't be required for WinXP. I am using the Windows 2000 boot loader myself. It's very simple as long as FreeBSD is on the first disk. Watch your steps if FreeBSD is on another disk: http://www.unixguide.net/freebsd/faq/09.10.shtml -- Tore