From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 5 03:09:26 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 9E2EC16A41F for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2005 03:09:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from daniel@stiw.org) Received: from smtp.conceptual.net.au (grimiore.conceptual.net.au [203.190.192.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3538F43D45 for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2005 03:09:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from daniel@stiw.org) Received: from spock.enterprise.prvt (202-137-107-088.adsl.usertools.net [202.137.107.88]) by smtp.conceptual.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA61313954; Fri, 5 Aug 2005 11:09:23 +0800 (WST) Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 11:09:22 +0800 From: "Daniel Marsh" To: dmwassman@cox.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20050805024429.PWWN8255.eastrmmtao03.cox.net@smtp.east.cox.net> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=iso-8859-15 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20050805024429.PWWN8255.eastrmmtao03.cox.net@smtp.east.cox.net> User-Agent: Opera M2/8.02 (Win32, build 7680) Cc: Subject: Re: WinXP and FreeBSD configuration problems 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: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 03:09:26 -0000 On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 10:44:30 +0800, wrote: > Hello all, > > OK it is now day three and I have given up. This will be a long one just > to warn you now. > > I have a 320 GiB HD and a 5 GiB HD. The 320 is faster than the 5 (yes, > it is that old). I want to dual boot WinXP and FreeBSD. The main issue > is that I don't want to put the FreeBSD buried behind 100G FAT partition > as I would like to have the swap closer to the edge of the HD. I use the > 5 G to transfer files and such, especially when changing the OS on a > partition. I prefer not to use it a a boot as it is only 5400 and I > would have to put the CDROM on either it as prime boot and slow it more > or on the 320 and slow it down. This seems like a simple problem but it > has not turned out that way. > > First, I tried to install windows on the first 2G partition then tried > to install freebsd as follows > ad0s0 NTFS 2G #Windows Boot > ad0s1 FreeBSD 2G #FreeBSD Boot/Swap > ad0s3 FAT 20G #Windows > ad0s4 FreeBSD 298G #FreeBSD > I think one of the problems here would be the fact that you have created multiple FreeBSD slices on the same disk. The layout should be: ad0s0 - Windows - 2g ad0s1 - FreeBSD - 290g ad0s2 - Windows - Leftovers Once you've partitioned the disk in the FreeBSD install you will then need to label it (this is where you set /, /usr, /var, /tmp, and your swap partitions)... Definately don't use dangerously dedicated mode. Install the FreeBSD boot loader on the ad0s1 slice and install Partition Magic on the MBR, or put the FreeBSD boot loader on the MBR (it should work and has done for me in the past, make sure Windows doesn't overwrite it). Daniel