From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 30 17:34:35 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 B983A37B401 for ; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 17:34:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from grebe.mail.pas.earthlink.net (grebe.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.46]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36FAE43FBF for ; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 17:34:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from judmarc@earthlink.net) Received: from dialup-209.246.214.143.dial1.philadelphia1.level3.net ([209.246.214.143] helo=sparky) by grebe.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 19B21s-0007Rx-00; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 17:34:29 -0700 In-Reply-To: <200304302203.h3UM3cOf010066@clunix.cl.msu.edu> References: <200304302203.h3UM3cOf010066@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: Jerry McAllister , Florian Schmidt , 1@bendcable.com Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed From: Jud MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 20:34:25 -0400 User-Agent: Opera7.10/Win32 M2 build 2855 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dual boot with windows xp and freebsd 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: Thu, 01 May 2003 00:34:36 -0000 On Wed, 30 Apr 2003 18:03:38 -0400 (EDT), Jerry McAllister wrote: >> >> On Wednesday 30 April 2003 23:28, 1@bendcable.com wrote: >> > I would like to setup a partition on my Toshiba laptop to put FreeBSD >> > on. I currently have windows xp that I would like to keep. How can I >> > dual boot with FreeBSD without loosing windows xp? [snip] > If you do not have a slice (MS partition) already made to hold > the FreeBSD install and the XP slice uses up all of the current > disk space (minus what the hardware vendor leaves for diagnostics, etc), > you will need to use a utililty to squeeze the MS-XP slice down to make > room for it. I have successfully used Partition Magic. There > are others. Partition Magic is not free, but it is not expensive and > is available in stores such as Best Buy and online retailers. It has the > advantage of being able to handle NTFS type disk systems that like > to come with XP and Win2K which some of the others and especially > freeware > ones do not know how to handle yet. [snip] BootItNG is a shareware alternative at half the price or free (depending on whether you want to keep it past the 30-day trial). Far from having trouble with NTFS, during my year of experience with it, it has been both easier to use and more reliable than Partition Magic. Jud