From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 16 16:31:37 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sccmmhc01.mchsi.com (sccmmhc01.mchsi.com [204.127.203.183]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 690EB37B400 for ; Tue, 16 Apr 2002 16:31:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [12.218.70.104] by sccmmhc01.mchsi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20020416233126.JVZS1219.sccmmhc01.mchsi.com@[12.218.70.104]>; Tue, 16 Apr 2002 23:31:26 +0000 Message-ID: <3CBCB58C.DD0B22EA@.mchsi.com> Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 18:36:44 -0500 From: Mark X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nick Lozinsky Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.0/4.5-STABLE & Win2000 Multiboot problem References: <002101c1e571$670858f0$93611f41@vodka> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi Nick, I don't use the FBSD boot manager at all. I prefer a boot manager that's independent from any OS. I suggest you check out XOSL. It's a very well written and graphically pleasing boot manager that I use to boot between: Win98se, Win2k, FBSD 4.4r, and eComStation. I've also set it up to boot to my CD ROM, Zip 100, and Floppy when I choose instead of messing with my BIOS settings. It can actually handle up to 24 different boots. www.xosl.org Mark Nick Lozinsky wrote: > Hi: > > I’ve had this problem a few times before, but usually overcome it by > luck most of the time. I have Win2k installed currently, then I set > up FreeBSD, I partition the main HD, to include both systems on the > same disk, and I make the FreeBSD partition bootable (active). When I > restart the box, and see an option such as: > > F1. DOS > F3. FreeBSD > F5. ??? > > The F1 key works to boot windows, but when F3 is hit, the result is > this: > > F3: ?%&@ > > It does not boot, just beeps. Then I hit F3 again to go back to the > Main menu and boot to windows ok. What is causing this to happen? > > I would also like to get rid of the F5 option with ???, how can I do > this? > > Please help. Thank you. > > Nick Lozinsky > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message