From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 27 11:45:42 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93E3B37B401 for ; Sun, 27 Apr 2003 11:45:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from conure.mail.pas.earthlink.net (conure.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE44243F93 for ; Sun, 27 Apr 2003 11:45:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from judmarc@earthlink.net) Received: from dialup-65.59.64.203.dial1.philadelphia1.level3.net ([65.59.64.203] helo=jud.dyndns.org) by conure.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 199r9Y-0005D0-00; Sun, 27 Apr 2003 11:45:33 -0700 To: Adam , Joshua Oreman References: <005d01c30b65$4c4cf460$1501a8c0@hyun> <1051369604.76975.1092.camel@jake> <20030426151823.GB19669@lothlorien.nagual.st> <1051371183.76975.1126.camel@jake> <20030426171950.GB16464@webserver.get-linux.org> <1051384654.76975.1383.camel@jake> Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed From: Jud MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 14:45:38 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1051384654.76975.1383.camel@jake> User-Agent: Opera7.10/Linux M2 build 394 cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems setting up dual-boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 18:45:42 -0000 On 26 Apr 2003 15:17:34 -0400, Adam wrote: > On Sat, 2003-04-26 at 13:19, Joshua Oreman wrote: >> No, that's not it. >> To *install* boot0 (if it's not installed already) you have to have the - >> >> >> B >> option. For example: >> # boot0cfg -B ad0 > > Yeah, this is exactly what I did the first time. This installed boot0 on > ad0, and when I boot to this disk I got 2 boot options. > 1) ??? > 2) Drive 1 > > If I select 1, it goes into Windows. If I select 2, it reboots. This is > where I got stumped. > > I'm planning on attempting grub tonight. I am hoping that fixes all > these weird problems. I know there's more to the story, but just to point out that if you install the bootloader, boot0, on ad0 (your Win disk) and don't go on to install it on ad3 (your FreeBSD disk) as well, then booting Win only is exactly the result one would expect. Jud P.S. Hope grub worked out for you.