Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1999 23:21:15 -0500 From: "Peter Horst" <peter.horst@gte.net> To: "Freebsd-Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Pre-newbie dual-boot Win98/FreeBSD3.2 w/Partition Magic & Boot Magic Message-ID: <NCBBLIEBPLAMBNDNAJMNOENBCAAA.peter.horst@gte.net>
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I've been attempting to install FreeBSD on a second primary partition (on an
8G drive) I created using Partition Magic 4.0. According to the PM
diagnostics, both OSs are within the first 1024 cylinders. I have installed
Boot Magic (bundled w/PM). Here's the problem:
*When I set the newly created partition "active," and rebooted to the
FreeBSD CDROM, I was able to complete the installation sequence just fine.
In this case I chose not to install the FreeBSD boot manager, assuming Boot
Magic would handle the MBR chores. With Boot Magic enabled, upon rebooting
and attempting to access FreeBSD I got a "Read Error," and had to escape out
to Win98.
*When I installed FBSD for the *n*th time, now selecting the FBSD boot
manager, I was able to shut down then reboot into FBSD no problem. But from
Boot Easy I couldn't load Win98 (I am prompted incessantly to enter the
filepath of the command line interpreter, and nothing I try has any effect.
I used a BM boot diskette to rewrite the MBR (I think this is what was
happening) just so I could get back to Win98. I should mention that by this
point I had created a tiny FAT16 partition on the hard drive between Win98 &
FBSD, following a tip in the installation documentation that perhaps this
would make it easier for FBSD to correctly interpret the disk's physical
geometry.
It's as if FreeBSD's boot manager won't recognize Win98, while PM/BM won't
recognize FreeBSD. I am afraid that if I uninstall BM completely I'll never
get back to Win98...
Does this question EVEN make sense? I've been reading the documentation but
am obviously missing something...I hope someone can help...
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