Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 06:21:18 -0400 From: Jud <jud@myrealbox.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, "Pookie" <madriax@garlic.com> Subject: Re: NT LOADER + Laptop Message-ID: <04D8B9A8GCUQWSQTS0898BAURRM1ZBA.3d806a9e@sparky> In-Reply-To: <000001c25a1f$b3990070$0a5efea9@pookie>
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9/12/2002 1:46:00 AM, "Pookie" <madriax@garlic.com> wrote: >I attempted to install FreeBSD on my laptop along side WinXP Home. I >chose no FBSD boot loader. Reading the online documentation it says I >can boot BSD from NT Loader. So I go in, mount my winxp >partition(/mnt/WinXP). Then I go to /boot and do a "cp /boot/boot* >/mnt/WinXP". That commands overwrites my MBR with the FBSD boot loader >correct? Nope. You need to read the documentation more carefully. You *don't* want to write /boot/boot0 to your XP partition, as the online FAQ explains. You want to write /boot/boot1 as a *file* on your XP partition. Then you can add [drive letter]:\[boot1 filename]="FreeBSD" as a line in the WinXP boot.ini file. Is your XP partition FAT or NTFS? If the latter, last I knew, FBSD couldn't write to NTFS. In that case, you need to write from FBSD to a floppy or FAT partition, then go back to XP and copy the file from floppy/FAT. How do I successfully get this working. > >Id appreciate it if someone was kind enough to help me out, command by >command The online FAQ does contain step-by-step instructions that I don't know how to improve on. If after careful reading there's a specific item in those instructions that's not clear to you, please ask. Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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