From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 29 23:11:15 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 4A17D16A4CF for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 23:11:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cqgigw.cqg.com (cqgigw.cqg.com [208.48.16.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06A6E43D39 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 23:11:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tomc@cqg.com) Received: from cqgmail.cqg.com (int.cqg.com [96.0.0.2]) iBTNBCtj023831; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:11:13 -0700 Received: from d3stomc ([192.168.17.154]) by cqgmail.cqg.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id iBTNB9dV029358; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:11:09 -0700 From: "Tom Connolly" To: "'Haulmark, Chris'" , "'ice'" , Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:11:09 -0700 Message-ID: <002801c4edfb$aeb6db50$9a11a8c0@d3stomc> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 In-Reply-To: <6FC9F9894A9F8C49A722CF9F2132FC2202C7C7DD@ms05.mailstreet2003.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.181 Importance: Normal X-MailScanner: Found to be clean, Found to be clean X-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam (whitelisted), SpamAssassin (score=0, required 3) 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 23:11:15 -0000 Haulmark, Chris wrote: > 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 >=20 > I just use the BIOS to change back and forth with the hard drives.=20 > Just have to go into the habit of switching back to the first hard > drive after a shutdown or reboot for your family. =20 >=20 > Chris That's the solution I finally decided on as well. Now I have zero problems. Tom