From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 15 08:21:00 2004 Return-Path: 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 6560516A4CE for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 08:21:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from rdsnet.ro (smtp.rdsnet.ro [62.231.74.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A515F43D6D for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 08:20:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from itetcu@apropo.ro) Received: (qmail 14835 invoked from network); 15 Jan 2004 16:20:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro) (81.196.25.19) by mail.rdsnet.ro with SMTP; 15 Jan 2004 16:20:57 -0000 Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 18:22:13 +0200 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu To: duanewinner@att.net Message-Id: <20040115182213.4d468c34@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> In-Reply-To: <1074183302.3798.3.camel@closetotheedge> References: <1074183302.3798.3.camel@closetotheedge> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.8claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: dual-booting with xp X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 16:21:00 -0000 On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:15:02 -0500 Duane Winner wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to install FreeBSD 4.9 on a machine that already has XP > installed. It has 3 SCSI drives. I would like to keep XP on the first > drive, and install FreeBSD on the third drive and make it dual-boot. > What's the easiest way? You're way. > When I installed, I made a slice on the 3rd disk (using entire disk) and > created my partitions there. I also selected the FreeBSD bootmanager, > but it doesn't seem to write to the first disk, so now when I reboot, I > don't get a bootmanager menu at all, but go right into XP every time. Write it to the first disk also: # sysinstall -> Configure -> Fdisk -> select the first disk -> (q) fdisk without touching anything -> BootMng [Enter] -> exit sysinstall or see the FAQ; you could boot it with XP loader to. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user