From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 4 19:31:21 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B319316A417 for ; Fri, 4 May 2007 19:31:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from redchin@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52C9813C4B8 for ; Fri, 4 May 2007 19:31:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from redchin@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 71so594854ugh for ; Fri, 04 May 2007 12:31:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=XQfXQC23SDrzytLvQ2d5hjalJKPk2nBpJXgqTyYkxTW6gTmAT7zsg25KZpYfJbAOgcT9ehZhqCDBBhqGuGgMVRecej8QT8co3fJjK2nZJrtC0ZP3yuAMPAzvH53Qb4jX4/n2bj9tZUrUppzlzNGjlg5r+BYfnAWz+FqB8MBs4JA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=hC0FlC0+HNgZ/3zM9XEkhksUN/fO0t22soy3CghDQx6U0GFDS6i1/A74/hD73AHkDai14ReBCSsG/uK7/Y8sDDQAxKFLR/IEsiT7EFJQtz8UUdKPopPd8bbsW4RTQqFJVGT1uu0DY90xif/pGDj1oYbWXvhuM4V9ZNbWpfj1KCI= Received: by 10.66.253.17 with SMTP id a17mr2882519ugi.1178307077232; Fri, 04 May 2007 12:31:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.67.101.15 with HTTP; Fri, 4 May 2007 12:31:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1d3ed48c0705041231s66a7bd1bg36c11bd5be695513@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 12:31:17 -0700 From: "Kevin Downey" To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Subject: Re: Anyone dual booted freebsd/vista yet? 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, 04 May 2007 19:31:21 -0000 On 5/4/07, Jonathan Horne 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