From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 9 05:02:26 2004 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 CD29C16A4CE for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 05:02:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtpauth08.mail.atl.earthlink.net (smtpauth08.mail.atl.earthlink.net [209.86.89.68]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9698743D3F for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 05:02:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nadav3333@earthlink.net) Received: from h-68-166-169-101.mclnva23.covad.net ([68.166.169.101] helo=[127.0.0.1]) by smtpauth08.mail.atl.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CRO9B-0007xC-RV for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Tue, 09 Nov 2004 00:02:26 -0500 Message-ID: <41904F62.1090104@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 00:02:26 -0500 From: Nadav Ben-Ami Organization: Sirius IV Security User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en, yi, he, be, uk MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: b47db344a626a32fc06e95782e8f638e7e972de0d01da940c1052eb4382e67a1f4e19530511ebcfd350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 68.166.169.101 Subject: Using the boot-easy boot loader.. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: nadav3333@earthlink.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 05:02:26 -0000 Hello.. I am currently running FreeBSD 5.2.1, installing of OS'es is really not a hard task for me, except this one time and it has to do with WINDOWS XP on my primary hardrive (IDE1). Problem is this: Since I am running Windows XP on my primary C drive, and I goto install the FreeBSD boot easy loader(Option 1), there was a time when by doing just that, It destroyed the MBR of my primary drive! Strange as it may seem, though why would windows xp be destroyed if I tried to install on a separate physical hard drive (D:/) the free bsd boot loader? I am some what "scared" to even bother with a boot loader. Please advise on what I can do to make windows XP allow another OS like FREEBSD to work though its on a separate drive. Synopsis of problem: XP installed on primary master (ad0), and freebsd installed taking up whole secondary master drive (ad1), goto install freebsd boot loader... CAN'T BOOT BACK INTO WINDOWS XP, AND ALL IS LOST.. I did not choose install standard MBR, I chose option #1 for install freebsd boot easy loader on drive ad1!!, not ad0!! help.. Erik