Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 15:43:53 +0000 From: Andrew Boothman <andrew@cream.org> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Christian_Fl=FCgel?= <Jeff.Kelly@t-online.de> Cc: Dillion Klein <dillionklein@hotpop.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NTFS w/ FreeBSD dual boot Message-ID: <3C9DF439.3050305@cream.org> References: <GJEMJMGHBEKNGLGPHJDNEEPACIAA.dillionklein@hotpop.com> <002301c1d326$64a30db0$594bfea9@bender>
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Christian Flügel wrote: > >Do not install the freeBSD BootManager though! When prompted just select do >not install. > >Create partitions inside your freebsd slice and finish installation. > >Next time you boot your system FreeBSD will start automatically because the >FreeBSD slice is marked active. (So do not worry no win2k Data is lost. > >go to the /boot directory and copy the file boot1 onto a disk (Select boot1 >and not boot0 !!!). Start fdisk with the option -a to set the active >partition to the win2k partition. > >Boot win2k rename boot1 to Bootsect.bsd and copy the file to c:\ then edit >the file boot.ini. (It is a write-protected and hidden file) >It holds the setings for the Win2k Bootmanager. >Add the line C:\Bootsect.bsd="FreeBSD" and you are finished. > >Next Time you start your system you can choose between starting FreeBSD and >Win2k > That's an interesting method of dual-booting Christian, I presume this uses the NT Loader to select between the different OS's. I can report, however, that I had no problem using FreeBSD's boot manager to select between Win2K and FreeBSD. Perhaps this is easier for a new user? Andrew. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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