From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 1 06:30:20 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA10716A41B for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 06:30:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd06+QY=fb6a7609@mlists.homeunix.com) Received: from turtle-out.mxes.net (turtle-out.mxes.net [216.86.168.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B806E13C455 for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 06:30:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd06+QY=fb6a7609@mlists.homeunix.com) Received: from mxout-04.mxes.net (mxout-04.mxes.net [216.86.168.179]) by turtle-in.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11453164712 for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 01:12:44 -0500 (EST) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com. (unknown [87.81.140.128]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A93EAD0501 for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 01:12:42 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 06:12:39 +0000 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071201061239.287d0db2@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <20071130175633.GA1244@marco.fz-rossendorf.de> References: <20071130175633.GA1244@marco.fz-rossendorf.de> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: problem with dual disk/ dual boot installation 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: Sat, 01 Dec 2007 06:30:20 -0000 On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:56:34 +0100 Joerg van den Hoff wrote: > dear list, > > today I've tried a very first installation of 6.2 on the > second disk of an i86 machine which runs windows xp > professional 2002 service pack 2 on disk one. > > initially, I erroneously did _not_ select installation of > the boot manager on the first disk (were windows resides), > but only on the second (the BSD one). > > after the intallation was completed without any apparent > problems I noted my mistake (well, the machine was booting > windows ...) That setup sounds OK if you set the bios to boot the second drive, instead of the first. The FreeBSD boot-manager is very basic, it can only boot a local partition or chainload another drive, which is why you often need a copy on each disk. In your case Windows will chainload directly, since you have a standard MBR on the first drive. Your problem is that the bios is not booting into the drive with manager on it.