Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 17:30:13 +0800 From: Katinka Mills <katinka@magestower.com> To: "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Dual-booting win98 and FreeBSD problem Message-ID: <200207311730.13093.katinka@magestower.com> In-Reply-To: <200207310845.g6V8j4g9029407@guevara.di.uoa.gr> References: <200207310845.g6V8j4g9029407@guevara.di.uoa.gr>
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On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 16:45, system@pathfinder.gr wrote: > People, > > I have installed FreeBSD 4.4 and Win98SE each on its own disk. > (FreeBSD on /dev/ad0s1a and Win98SE on /dev/ad1s1 ). > > I have also installed the FreeBSD boot manager on ad0. > > (ad0 is the primary master and ad1 is the primary slave) > > When the computer boots, I get this prompt: > > F1 FreeBSD > F5 Drive 1 > > When I press F1, FreeBSD boots nice and well. > > But, when I press F5, then instead of win98, FreeBSD boots again (nice > and well). > > Any help? > > > P.S. : ad1 is bootable (FAT32). IIRC Micro$oft OS's need to be booted from the first drive, but *nix is happy to be booted off any drive. Solution, reinstall with Boot Manager on First drive and win 98, then FreeBSD on second drive :o) Others may have a solution. Regards, Kat. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- K.A.Q. Electronics Software and Electronic Engineering Perth, Western Australia Phone +61 (0) 419 923 731 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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