Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 12:31:17 -0700 From: "Kevin Downey" <redchin@gmail.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Anyone dual booted freebsd/vista yet? Message-ID: <1d3ed48c0705041231s66a7bd1bg36c11bd5be695513@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <C260F332.3E2%freebsd@dfwlp.com> References: <C260F332.3E2%freebsd@dfwlp.com>
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On 5/4/07, Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> wrote: > Well, I setup my laptop to dual boot freebsd 6.2-p4 and vista. It was > actually an XP/freebsd at first (installed XP, then installed freebsd). The > normal boot loader worked exactly as expected. > > So, upgraded the XP to vista, which seemed to go perfectly normal. Got > everything the way I wanted it, and then popped in my 6.2 cd and rebooted. > Went to fixit console, and did a > > Fdisk -B -b /boot/boot0 /dev/ad0 > > Rebooted, booted into freebsd fine. Rebooted again, hit F1 for DOS, and > kaboom. Winboot.exe is missing! > > Has anyone successful configured a freebsd/vista dual boot, and if so, how > did you get around this issue? > > Thanks, > -- > Jonathan Horne > freebsd@dfwlp.com > http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org I have vista and freebsd on separate hard disks, so I just switch which drive to boot off in the bios -- "The biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has occurred." G. B. Shaw www.thelastcitadel.com
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