Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 16:44:36 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Anyone dual booted freebsd/vista yet? Message-ID: <20070504204436.GD46273@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <C260F332.3E2%freebsd@dfwlp.com> References: <C260F332.3E2%freebsd@dfwlp.com>
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On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 02:26:58PM -0500, 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? My first question is where does Winboot.exe normally live? Somehow, with a .exe extension, it doesn't sound like an MBR or boot sector issue, but rather one that shows up after the MS-V booter starts running. The boot doesn't normally execute files by name at that low level. Enough of the system has to be there to deal with a OS specific file system. I haven't played with Vista yet (ain't in any hurry either, but it will probably eventually happen), so I suppose they might now write something down there where most systems (including MS) only use block addresses and not file system tables/links. But, if not, then writing a FreeBSD MBR should not make any difference. So, that is why I am wondering where they are expecting to find Winboot.exe and who is expecting to find it. I presume, since you installed Vista first, that it is first on the disk (other than any vendor installed diagnostic slice). If not, that might cause a problem. ////jerry > > Thanks, > -- > Jonathan Horne > freebsd@dfwlp.com > http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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