From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 24 9:43:20 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from kitkat.hotpop.com (kitkat.hotpop.com [204.57.55.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E32AF37B420 for ; Sun, 24 Mar 2002 09:42:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from hotpop.com (unknown [204.57.55.31]) by kitkat.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 275C330D50 for ; Sun, 24 Mar 2002 17:41:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from afi (54.eagle.speede.com [64.39.177.54]) by zagnut.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id E191E50027; Sun, 24 Mar 2002 17:41:34 +0000 (UTC) From: "Dillion Klein" To: Cc: "Andrew Boothman" Subject: RE: NTFS w/ FreeBSD dual boot Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 12:41:20 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <3C9DF439.3050305@cream.org> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-HotPOP: ----------------------------------------------- Sent By HotPOP.com FREE Email Get your FREE POP email at www.HotPOP.com ----------------------------------------------- Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I used the FreeBSD Bootmanager successfully last time. But, I ran into the following problem(s) last time: C:\ Primary 5GB (NTFS) D:\ Extended 5GB w/ 5GB Logical (NTFS) Ran the FreeBSD install and ended up deleting the D: and loosing all the data (not too much, but this made me start from scratch again). So, this time I have gotten this far: C:\ Primary 5GB (NTFS) :\ (no drive letter assigned) (A FAT32 Primary partition, empty) 6.2GB D:\ Extended 5GB w/ 5GB Logical (NTFS) Now, how can I be sure when I go through the FreeBSD installation that I use and FreeBSD format the ":\" primary partition created in advance? I am using Seagate ST340016A Barracuda ATA IV 40GB hard drive. Thanks -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Andrew Boothman Sent: March 24, 2002 10:44 AM To: Christian Flügel Cc: Dillion Klein; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NTFS w/ FreeBSD dual boot Christian Flügel wrote: > >Do not install the freeBSD BootManager though! When prompted just select do >not install. > >Create partitions inside your freebsd slice and finish installation. > >Next time you boot your system FreeBSD will start automatically because the >FreeBSD slice is marked active. (So do not worry no win2k Data is lost. > >go to the /boot directory and copy the file boot1 onto a disk (Select boot1 >and not boot0 !!!). Start fdisk with the option -a to set the active >partition to the win2k partition. > >Boot win2k rename boot1 to Bootsect.bsd and copy the file to c:\ then edit >the file boot.ini. (It is a write-protected and hidden file) >It holds the setings for the Win2k Bootmanager. >Add the line C:\Bootsect.bsd="FreeBSD" and you are finished. > >Next Time you start your system you can choose between starting FreeBSD and >Win2k > That's an interesting method of dual-booting Christian, I presume this uses the NT Loader to select between the different OS's. I can report, however, that I had no problem using FreeBSD's boot manager to select between Win2K and FreeBSD. Perhaps this is easier for a new user? Andrew. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message