From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 3 00:46:54 2009 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 4BF0A1065670 for ; Sat, 3 Oct 2009 00:46:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from qwillpen@hotmail.com) Received: from bay0-omc1-s5.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc1-s5.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.77]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A6B38FC20 for ; Sat, 3 Oct 2009 00:46:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from BAY115-W35 ([65.54.250.135]) by bay0-omc1-s5.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 2 Oct 2009 17:34:55 -0700 Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: [71.65.192.173] From: Fuzzy Zabriskie To: Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 20:34:56 -0400 Importance: Normal Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Oct 2009 00:34:55.0793 (UTC) FILETIME=[54712210:01CA43C1] Subject: 7.2 Sysinstall choices -- existing multi-boot (based on Win7 RC's boot mgr) system 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: Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:46:54 -0000 Currently=2C I have Win/XP in slice 1=2C no slice 2=2C Win 7 RC in slice 3 = and Acronis' hidden part in slice 4. I have unallocated space after slice 1 (about 45gb) I wanted to use for Fre= eBSD.=20 =20 I told sysinstall to create a slice (in the unallocated space)=2C then crea= te FreeBSD partitions in it for /=2C paging=2C /usr=2C /var=2C /tmp & /home. I'm not sure what I'm supp= osed to tell it about boot managers though? Right now the MBR points to Acronis' recovery slice=2C which boots = to Win 7's boot manager=2C it=20 defaults to Win/XP. When I said do nothing sysinstall marked the new slice = bootable=2C and FreeBSD does=20 boot to a text menu with Beastie on it. But=2C that doesn't give access to = the OS's in slice 1 and 3? =20 if I tell it to use the default boot manager=2C (booteasy?)=2C will it offe= r at least access to what's=20 currently in the master boot record & slice 2 (FreeBSD)? Or do I need a way= to tell Win7's boot=20 manager about FreeBSD in slice 2? =20 =20 =20 Thanks =20 =