From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 16 17:10: 9 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from scaup.prod.itd.earthlink.net (scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFF4D37B400 for ; Tue, 16 Apr 2002 17:09:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dialup-63.214.210.249.dial1.philadelphia1.level3.net ([63.214.210.249] helo=sparky) by scaup.prod.itd.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16xd1K-00025j-00; Tue, 16 Apr 2002 17:09:59 -0700 From: Jud To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "Nick Lozinsky" Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 20:09:22 -0400 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) In-Reply-To: <002101c1e571$670858f0$93611f41@vodka> Message-Id: <753YMGNIFAMBA04JFC0UT84IGUSVHF.3cbcbd32@sparky> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.0/4.5-STABLE & Win2000 Multiboot problem MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Mailer: Opera 6.02 build 1078 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 4/16/2002 2:06:16 PM, "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 Couple of options, later a couple of questions: Options - (1) Use the Win2K loader to boot both FreeBSD and Win2K. Read the FAQ at the FreeBSD web site for instructions. (2) Install the GRUB port, read the information *carefully*, either by typing "info grub" (no quotes) at a command prompt or on the GNU/grub web site, and then configure it to your liking. It's a wonderful boot loader. I'd prefer to use it myself, but currently I can't get it to grok my RAID array. (3) Use BootEasy, but this has a disadvantage and involves a couple of questions. Disadvantage: you can't configure what shows up in the boot menu, e.g., ???. (This is also in an FAQ somewhere. Googling might be helpful.:) Questions: (1) What is the detailed setup of your hard disk slices/partitions? (2) Are you using the FAT32 or NTFS filesystem for W2K? If NTFS, where does that DOS entry in the boot menu come from? Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message