From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 17 09:49:17 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 B77671065673 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:49:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com (ey-out-2122.google.com [74.125.78.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 485FF8FC19 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:49:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: by ey-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 4so203639eyf.7 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:49:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=fS267kU658zWTAnK2pg7IxYNodWVuAsdpYdCreXbGto=; b=h51EHsfU+T34IuXRshHiptnb6tlfW9uZMF+9yXS4wIH+Gwa+ewDeAJkA0D2ALeOO22 tp7O+McGAjgF+EXmlbGVL2crDw0KNUDlHEHq75VSKcOeRubDrI3a3NutKWt0M3w8KbFf aoCJ0cf2h8XmBJ9mcGF5kmneh8+ecFuaqGnGw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=mMQgyOKlVZISzM/VUfSz1CSO/1jXG6sG5ncqYq2AlIKvhPLFL+s/mJJxifiV4MHmjp MrtCAerDX+Lzhn/j/Lg+eRIywQotPy3wGq37GSA6GzRQZwdHRgmsVJ4RLuOQ1iUvqjKJ WdSTlgRlfauVR8oeTtQ9EjyRvYrml2vf9KZ34= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.210.43.10 with SMTP id q10mr424452ebq.72.1239961756368; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:49:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <49E82E18.4030204@gmail.com> References: <727969.43922.qm@web43401.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> <49E82E18.4030204@gmail.com> From: Chris Rees Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:49:01 +0100 Message-ID: To: Manolis Kiagias , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Subject: Re: boot manager vista X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:49:17 -0000 2009/4/17 Manolis Kiagias : > John Beukema wrote: >> I am having trouble with the freebsd boot manager on an >> ACER Aspire 4730Z laptop. >> >> I installed the latest version >> of FBSD on partition 3. =A0Partition 1 is a 10 G compressed >> partition with the Windows Vista Home system to install and >> backup. =A0partition 2 is Windows after installation. >> >> I installed the boot0 manager. =A0it worked for bsd but not >> vista and i had to reinstall windows. >> >> after I could not access fbsd other than by setting partition 3 >> active which again denied access to windows. =A0fbsd is there and >> boots. >> >> How can I install a boot manager to be able to use both Vista and fbsd? >> >> John Beukema >> >> >> > For Vista, the easiest way is to use EasyBCD (free). Do not install the > FreeBSD boot manager on the MBR. > > http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=3D1 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > Interesting, it worked fine for me, dual booting with Vista and FreeBSD. I think I may have used EasyBCD to put the BCD code in the Vista partition's boot sector instead of the MBR, but don't quote me on that. All I can say is, it's definitely possible. Chris --=20 A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?