From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 29 09:27:42 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 77E7916A4CE for ; Thu, 29 Apr 2004 09:27:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail6.atl.registeredsite.com (mail6.atl.registeredsite.com [64.224.219.80]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A70E43D39 for ; Thu, 29 Apr 2004 09:27:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jay_chen@OFDEngineering.com) Received: from imta06a2.registeredsite.com (imta06a2.registeredsite.com [64.225.255.15])i3TGRf3t028320 for ; Thu, 29 Apr 2004 16:27:41 GMT Received: from DJ0JP121 ([10.0.58.30]) by imta06a2.registeredsite.com with ESMTP id <20040429162741.LEJM544.imta06a2.registeredsite.com@DJ0JP121> for ; Thu, 29 Apr 2004 12:27:41 -0400 From: "Jay Chen" To: Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 11:27:32 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.3416 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2739.300 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: Dumb question 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, 29 Apr 2004 16:27:42 -0000 To Whom It May Concern: I have a Dell computer with Window XP and two hard disks (76 GB each). The XP is located on C: and I am planning to install the FreeBSD on the second hard drive (D: at this time). I like to be able to boot either of these two Operating systems with a selection at the time when I turn on the computer. Unfortunately, I failed. During installation of the BSD, my understanding is that I still need to have the Boot Manager residing on C. I guess that that result a rewritten of the boot related files (boot manager). I can not boot the XP any more. Do you have any suggestions? Where did I do wrong? Thanks for your time on this matter. Best Regards, Jay Chen Oil Field Development Engineering, LLC 950 Threadneedle, Suite 250 Houston, TX 77079 281 679 9060 ext 110 (D) 281 679 9075 (F) jay_chen@OFDEngineering.com