From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 24 21:53:11 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 3218C16A41F for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:53:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fbsdlists@gmail.com) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.192]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B154E43D45 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:53:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fbsdlists@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id z6so124069nzd for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:53:10 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=SUo6aSXvHtIWUeserXwaQpxsAlBZ+5c+PoVSHSmpmha20S0G/535jndIcLytR3NtrdB3As4F2hpcIvh2esJBH9RmaKtstLmc4dpj/rPvN/fzOzd9DpIEg67pHDyy1indc4jl45Zhyt7C92VcKVh1nulT8Ne4s0v/AV1wyBNPoEI= Received: by 10.37.18.38 with SMTP id v38mr574211nzi; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:53:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.36.221.21 with HTTP; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:53:10 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <54db4399050824145335b18b0c@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 17:53:10 -0400 From: Bob Johnson To: Jerahmy Pocott In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <275802A5-8727-4ACB-AFF0-DFBB364D584E@optusnet.com.au> <6A4FA539-341E-48EE-A799-1269FDE02CEC@optusnet.com.au> Cc: Soo-Hyun Choi , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Where to FreeBSD Boot Manager? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:53:11 -0000 On 8/22/05, Jerahmy Pocott wrote: >=20 > On 22/08/2005, at 11:22 AM, Garrett Cooper wrote: > > > > Yes, XP does have a boot manager, and I suppose I should have =20 > > listed some available options when I originally replied to the =20 > > email. Just thought that someone was making a split decision during =20 > > an install and needed quick help. [...] > As to 3s Con, I'm not entirely sure you have to install the =20 > bootloader.. I think you can install a standard > bootstrap, then using dd copy it and have the NT loader use it to =20 > boot the system, removing the two > layers of boot manager.. >=20 > I did this before with NT, but it was a while ago and I don't really =20 > remember the exact steps you need > to take, but there is probably something about it you can google.. The XP loader is configured just as the NT loader. Instructions for using it in both single-disk and two-disk dual-boot configurations are at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#NT-BOOTLOAD= ER The instructions require that you install the FreeBSD boot manager if you are using the NT boot manager for a two-disk boot, but I think that you can overwrite it with the standard MBR after you have everything configured. Or perhaps I misunderstand: I've never used the NT loader to do a 2-disk configuration with FreeBSD. In any case, for a two disk configuration it is easier to just use the FreeBSD boot manager and not mess with the NT/XP boot manager. >=20 > Of course using the FreeBSD manager is the much easier and simpler =20 > option, just some people seem > to like the NT one better.. The NT boot manager is prettier, but for a two-disk system, setting it up is probably more trouble than it is worth. I believe the NT boot manager always defaults to the same system, while the FreeBSD boot manager defaults to the system most recently used. That might affect your choice. - Bob