From owner-freebsd-questions  Sun Jan 23 19:32:53 2000
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from cask.force9.net (cask.force9.net [195.166.128.29])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DEEF115793
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Sun, 23 Jan 2000 19:32:40 -0800 (PST)
	(envelope-from Ian@tirnanog.org)
Received: (qmail 29297 invoked from network); 24 Jan 2000 03:32:29 -0000
Received: from unknown (HELO 191.01-03.quay.dial.plus.net.uk) (212.159.72.191)
  by cask.force9.net with SMTP; 24 Jan 2000 03:32:29 -0000
From: Ian J Greely <Ian@tirnanog.org>
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: NT dual booting....
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 03:37:59 +0000
Message-ID: <1ciLOHKsBKe7VR02piCwHctmAJuP@4ax.com>
References: <001501bf6619$3109bac0$04c8c8c8@number2-98.davecorp.com>
In-Reply-To: <001501bf6619$3109bac0$04c8c8c8@number2-98.davecorp.com>
X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.6/32.525
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Precedence: bulk
X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG

Use OS-BS from the /tools directory of the FreeBSD CD.

Read the readme files and install as directed.

regards,
Ian

On Sun, 23 Jan 2000 21:14:57 -0600, you wrote:

>First, yes, I have RTFM (the FAQ at freebsd.org and the
>links) and I'm either too dumb to understand it, or it
>didn't supply what I needed.
>
>Situation:  Installed FreeBSD (3.3) on a 4.3 gig HD.  Works
>fine.  Got new HD (17.3 gig).  Have made 17.3 gig primary
>master and installed MS Workstation on it.  4.3 gig drive
>(w/BSD) is now primary slave--the MS fdisk shows the
>partition on the 4.3 as  still ACTIVE.  Of course, the first
>partition on the 17.3 gig drive is also active, but *it* is
>the master.
>
>QUESTION 1:  Can I alter the NT boot loader to boot BSD off
>of the slave HD?  If so, do I need to make the BSD partition
>on the slave HD non-active?  If so, how (the MS fdisk
>doesn't work)?  Here is what I've added to my boot.ini, and
>it doesn't work:
>
>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\XXXXX=3D"FreeBSD"
>
>In place of the XXXXX I have tried "boot" and I have tried
>"kernel" (no quotes of course).  I get an NT error that says
>"NT couldn't start because ntoskrnl.exe is missing or
>corrupt."  What directory or file do I need to point the
>NTLDR to, if this will even work?  Also, do I have to use
>NT's Disk Administrator to assign it a drive letter instead
>of using an ARC path, and point NT's boot loader to the
>FreeBSD startup file via a drive letter?  (In other words,
>like you have to do with Win95/98 when you dual boot with
>NT.)
>
>QUESTION 2:  If I start over, and just install NT
>Workstation on the 17.3 gig, then install FreeBSD on the
>17.3 gig, what happens if I install, for example, NT Server
>*after* that.  In other words, if you don't choose FreeBSD
>from the FreeBSD boot loader, do you get dumped into the NT
>boot menu?  That's kind of what I'm hoping...  Or, would NT
>Server get added to the FreeBSD boot loader menu?
>
>Thanks, all.  You guys that answer questions routinely are
>awesome.
>
>
>Dave Page
>
>davecpage@earthlink.net
>
>
>
>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message



To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message