From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 29 22:41:18 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 5000716A4CE for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 22:41:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ms05.mailstreet2003.net (MS05.mailstreet2003.net [63.251.155.133]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAE6C43D3F for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 22:41:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris@sigd.net) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.6944.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:40:53 -0500 Message-ID: <6FC9F9894A9F8C49A722CF9F2132FC2202C7C7DD@ms05.mailstreet2003.net> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: freebsd on 2nd drive? Thread-Index: AcTty5eudCeslFw2RCWGiB9JZvBiiQAK8XoA From: "Haulmark, Chris" To: "ice" , Subject: RE: freebsd on 2nd drive? 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: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 22:41:18 -0000 Someone broke the silence:=20 > I know this has been asked already, but it's a slightly different > problem. Let me explain my situation first: I'm 14 years old without > my own PC. I can't let the FreeBSD bootloader install on the first > drive (Windows XP), because my family is kinda...how should I put > it...n00bish. They would completely freak out at the sight of turning > on the computer and not seeing the XP startup screen. > I'm planning on installing FreeBSD 5.2.1 on the second hard drive in > this computer. I've read over the installation guide and don't see > anything useful about the bootloader being on the non-first drive. My > question is: can I install the FreeBSD bootloader on the second hard > drive and use something like GAG on a floppy to boot it? >=20 > ice I just use the BIOS to change back and forth with the hard drives. Just = have to go into the habit of switching back to the first hard drive = after a shutdown or reboot for your family. Chris